Florence and the Machine have shared a music video of epic proportions for the new singles. Premiered over at NPR, the nearly-10 minute film sees Florence Welch travel to Scotland with the staggering sights on the isle of Easdale setting the stage for a melodramatic affair of romance and familial struggle. Directed by Vincent Haycock, the double feature film for "Queen of Peace/Long & Lost" opens with Florence on a windswept mountainside before the thunderous instrumentation rolls in to reveal a community steadfast on violence as she tries to both help and cure them. The booming, horn-filled first track soon fades to black as the second film starts at the cusp of night as a melancholic fog sweeps through the melody in an emotionally ravaging tale of loss.
"The end of the video was done in a single take, at the very last seconds of light during a stormy barge ride on a freezing sea," Haycock explained. "The effort and focus on both the actors and crew was so amazing. Florence delivers one of my favorite moments to date, and it's one of my proudest technical and narrative accomplishments." Watch the epic double-feature video for “Queen of Peace” and “Long & Lost” off Florence and the Machine's How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful album out now.
