Manchester synth pop duo Koalas dig some 'Sandcastles' on track visuals

Manchester's synthpop duo Koalas share their brand new visuals for current track 'Sandcastles'.

Directed by James Welch and Dan Parrotta, the post-summer anthem serves as a metaphor for what Samuel Jones and Rachel Waters might do come the final countdown.

"'Sandcastles' was written as a reaction to a particularly bleak news day, I think it was around the time of the Salisbury poisonings," explains Sam. "The song is about the dissonance we experience between our every day lives and the disturbing world events happening around us, the prevailing feeling that everything is a lot more stable than it really is. When discussing with the director the meaning of the song and it's influences we looked at 1980s Cold War imagery and in particular the pamphlet 'Protect and Survive', a government guide on what to do in the event of a nuclear attack. The guidelines themselves are extremely ineffectual, and portrayed in the particularly depressing graphic novel/film "When The Wind Blows" by Raymond Briggs which I remember watching when I was younger.

"In the video Rachel and I attempt to survive the oncoming nuclear annihilation whilst dreaming of a better way to spend those last hours. The living room doors leant up against the wall is something people might recognise from the film, an almost laughable measure.”

Check it out up above.