Matthew Grass directs a poignant reflection on lost love for UK indie band The Manatees, featuring actor Abigail Lawrie. In the video for Better Way To Think Of It, the director presents the idyllic summer's day out of a young couple, played by Lawrie and Manatees lead singer Jay, where despite their chemistry and mutual attraction, the spark of true romance is elusive. The narrative elements are interwoven into an emotionally-charged performance, all presented in a warmly nostalgic aesthetic punctuated by a summery colour palette and scenic coastal location."Better Way To Think Of It is the summation of 'right place, wrong time'," says Grass. "The song delves into the complexities experienced in a relationship strained by distance. The music video presents the next page of the story. It focuses on the scars left behind from relationships and the dichotomy of the healing process."On one hand we can get caught living in the past and letting it control us; on the other, we find peace with the memories that were created."

Pale Blue Eyes explore their new home of Sheffield, in Dylan Friese-Greene's charming promo for Spaces.Boasting filming locations such as Final Guitar Shop, Spinning Discs record store, and Bramall Lane - Sheffield United's football ground - the video sees the trio perform in a menagerie of spaces big and small, bobbing along in a playfully deadpan style. It's a visual which exudes carefree nostalgic vibes, and is anchored by an overarching sense of fun and whimsy.

The local pub turns into a nightmarish ground zero in Max Mclachlan's entertainingly ghoulish promo for Liverpool rock band STONE. The video for I Gotta Feeling is a fun gross-out trip, following a group of patrons in a pub who morph into zombified monsters, once they have partaken in the pub's interesting range of mood-altering ales.As lead singer Finlay Power bemoans the state of toxic masculinity - with biting lyrics such as 'Shout out to the writers of Peaky Blinders/You inspired the new age of wankers' - Mclachlan draws from a love of old horror movies, the practical effects literally come spewing out of the cast and band.There are noteworthy performances all round - but main character Hugo Hamlet is a true standout, completely embodying the concept and the spirit of drunk-zombie madness. This is made all the more visceral with the grainy, saturated look captured on 16mm by Owain Morgan, harking back to old Romero films and the zeitgeist that these events captured.In the end, the barmaid, who is clearly no stranger to dealing with monstrous men, splashes the one thing that can set everything straight: a glass of water."I wanted to take the concept of toxic behaviour and make it physical," explains Mclachlan. "Show it growing out from the inside of one drunk lad and spread, possessing a pub."

A family day out at the beach and a rock band on an airplane meet in a shocking but awe-inspiring way, in The Reids' ambitious promo for South London experimental rock band Legss. The video for Daddy There's Sand In The Sandwiches is a tour de force of creativity, and despite the budget limitations presents an exciting, character-led narrative with moments of poignancy and introspection. To say much more would give it away, but the textural, monchromatic style and VFX flair create a unique aesthetic reminiscent of midcentury cinema, and the brother directing team's dedication to the concept helps bring to life something that far exceeds the budget. With the plane interiors filmed on a vintage VC-10 aircraft at Brooklands Museum, this is really impressive work to follow up The Reids' fine brace of recent videos with Mura Masa.

Declan McKenna is back - and also back with regular collaborator Will Hooper to make a characteristically lighthearted and offbeat video for Sympathy, with Declan on a deserted sandy beach in the company of a piano, a metal detector, and some odd-looking seagulls. Reuniting the creative relationship that brought the brilliant visuals for The Key To Life On Earth and Beautiful Faces, the video features a dreamlike narrative in a breezy beachside setting. Cue puppet seagulls, googly eyed-guitars and a metal detector narrative, all merging to form a trippy, hallucinatory seaside experience.Most crucially, it's the uplifting presence of Declan McKenna himself - as twinkly-eyed and energetic as he was when he burst onto the music scene a few years ago - but arguably with a bit more knowing maturity. He brings all of his A-game charm and charisma to this one.Safe to say that his and Will Hooper's creative relationship has resumed in brilliant fashion. They have delivered here, and then some. It's a very enjoyable addition to a growing canon of highly entertaining videos by the pair.

Waley Wang directs an ambitious music film for The Black Skirts (검정치마), real name Bryan. Teen Troubles In Dirty Jersey is an official five-track visual album for 2022 release Teen Troubles, and sees Wang re-connect with the artist following the gripping promos for Dream Like Me and Two Days. The stylised, coming-of age-narrative is based on Bryan’s memories of a 90's summer as a rebellious 17-year old punk, in poor suburban New Jersey, joined by his friends John, Lara, Bosko, and Electra. Shot in a cinematic fashion - with voiceovers and subtitles intermixed with the tracks - the visual is absorbing and relatable, and matches the impressive scope of the album. "The project aims to capture their disaffected angst, delinquent freedom, and dysfunctional love for each other, as well as dramatically recreating his heart getting broken by a girl he was in boyish head-over-heels love with," Wang mentions. "The project aims to both indulge in nostalgia while also capturing its relationship with trauma. It’s a coming-of-age exploration of the melancholy that can sometimes come with even the happiest memories."

Bombay Bicycle Club are back with their new video for the title track from their latest album My Big Day - directed by Kit Monteith of Foals and Jonathan Higgs of Everything Everything.Featuring a cast of the weird and wonderful, we see frontman Jack Steadman as a bong-smoking news anchor on a local news channel, while other BBC bandmembers are reporters covering the strangest 'news', ultimately resulting in chaos in the studio.

Pip Blom stalks the object of her affection - fairground worker Alex Kapranos, taking a break from Franz Ferdinand frontman duties - in MrMr's charming video for the Dutch indie quartet who share the name of their lead singer.Or is she? Things take a turn when someone else enters the fairground scenario and then a trip to the dodgems leads to a fortuitous collision..."This video encapsulated all of our favourite things. Rides, unrequited love and the flexibility of gender. If I had a pound for every man I’ve stalked around a fun fair I’d have maybe two, maybe three pounds," says MrMr's Katie Lambert on Instagram."[Pip Blom] really brought it performance wise on this video in less than ideal conditions and so a mega well done to her and also a huge thank you to dreamboat [Alex Kapranos]. Thank you to the small but mighty team on this."