Eoin Glaister's fourth video for Glass Animals is a bittersweet tale of friendship, even love - between an alien and a cow. And you don't get much more Eoin Glaister than that.

In the video for Show Pony, a couple of mid 20th century-style space aliens crashland their flying saucer on Earth - in the countryside among placid, bovine local inhabitants. One of their number advances on the intruders with curiosity, and the female alien responds in kind - leading to surprising consequences.

So prepare yourselves for unlikely, dysfunctional aliens, jokes about salted snacks, sudden violence, a big fire and a tragicomic twist - all set in a location among rolling hills and greenery resembling the Scottish Highlands, but was in fact, in Mexico.

It's a beautifully crafted film, with wonderful attention to detail on production design, costume design and the style of cinematography by DoP Natasha Duursma which delivers a warm and nostalgic atmosphere around Glaister's story - a characteristically outlandish and charming silent comedy.

The promo leans into the 70s theme aesthetics that is synonymous with the band and hinges on ingenious craft: tailormade alien costumes, prosthetics, miniatures, and, of course, the all-important wrangling of disobedient cows - provided via the production services of Stink Films Mexico.

Glaister says that Glass Animals frontman Dave Bayley had an idea which started the ball rolling for Show Pony, which he then developed through the classic space alien archetype from 20th century pop culture to the addition of the unusual object of affection.

His association with Glass Animals goes back a while: the videos for Pork Soda and Agnes in 2017. Then last year he resumed working with the band, directing the cleverly meta video for The Other Side Of Paradise last year (although that song comes from the same album as the previous videos). And now comes Show Pony, from the band's new album I Love You So F***ing Much.       

“Dave had a personal story he wanted to play out through aliens - I ran with this and added a cow," says Glaister. "Naive really, given how hard they are to direct. We shot this in Mexico which was an incredible experience. Locations were stunning, crew were exceptional, cast ideal and the constant quesadillas spot on. Other than a run-in with the Mexican army and being extorted by the police, the shoot was a breeze.”