The final epic track on Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2, Foals' second album of 2019, is the basis for a symbolic, impressionistic vision by the band's close friend David East. 

Shot primarily against the 'white walls of England' on the shores of Botany Bay in Broadstairs, Kent - and filmed the day after the UK general election in December last year - the video for Neptune is a series of long takes of various elements curated by East and Foals' frontman Yannis Philippakis, to highlight the crescendo of not only the song but the entire album.

With lengthy slow-motion shots on or around the beach of galloping horses, walls of fire and glistening waterfalls - and abstract artefacts from the digital world - this has the quality of an art piece, to be appreciated and deciphered in a gallery. Like the music video equivalent of 'slow TV' this is an experience to be savoured.

DAVID EAST:

Yannis and I spoke about creating visuals that would emulate the emotional experience of listening to the track.

"When the band came to me about making a video for this song, I knew we would have to do something different. A ten-minute music video isn't an easy task.

"Yannis and I spoke at great lengths about creating visuals that would emulate the emotional experience of listening to the track. The song has this drawn-out climb and almost spiritual quality to it.

"I always pictured this film as a piece of contemporary art, as if it could be shown in an art gallery, where people sit on the floor and it immediately evoking emotion. We didn't want it to have lots of cuts, we wanted it to be different to the usual music video and have these long takes that put you in that world."

RYAN MORGAN:

“Shooting this film, the morning after the General Election on a freezing cold English beach definitely added a layer of depth to the whole occasion. There were a lot of gloomy looking faces on the beach that morning and Yannis’s lyrics really resonated with each take. Filming horses running across the beach, releasing ravens and doves, lighting a 20 ft fire wall and unleashing a 20 ft waterfall provided an excellent remedy to these social aches and pains.

"We are thrilled with the finished product and really hope people can experience it in full. A massive congrats to Dave East on realising his vision and thanks again to Foals for entrusting us with the last song on the album.”