The British "indie" pop quintet are back to release a new version of the video for "Fire Escape". The previous low budget version premiered about two years ago before the band got signed to a major label, and even before the finished their debut album Reservoir. The new version is much artsy and plot heavy than the original. Directed by Jamie Thraves, the video tells the story of a suidical man (played by band leader Simon Balthazar) who gets stopped from jumping off a roof by a random man offering aid. The man brings Simon to a house filled with similar "patients" played by the other bandmembers and some other random people before taking a creepy sci-fi spin. The housemates are actually part of a cult that by dying together hope to return to some sort of alien mothership (a possible Harold T. Wilkins reference). Simon is not a fan and that's when the video takes another interesting spin. Because the director and band couldn't decide on a darker or happier ending to the video, they made two different versions. You can watch them below.
The Dark Version:
The Happy Version:
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