Nerina Pallot shares new Calais-shot video for "The Road"

The clip was shot by Damian Weiler in Calais over the course of a week, "highlighting not only the desperate circumstances of the migrant camps but the sense of community they have managed to pull together in spite of their plight."

Speaking at length about the clip, which is far removed from her intentions, Pallot said:

"I met Damian while looking for someone who was taking the music video medium and doing something different, informative and useful. We both agree that making videos is an opportunity to focus attention on important issues and that when certain issues become news, often the humanity at its heart is overlooked and people end up reduced to being problems to be solved.

"According to UN figures, there are currently around 59 million people forcibly displaced in the world - and trying to find somewhere they can call home. To me, this isn't a political issue - it is a humanitarian one. While European governments argue, the pressure increases. On borders, on local communities, on lorry drivers who find themselves unwittingly carrying human cargo - but most of all, on those who have become stateless and desperate.

"Damian went to Calais with an open mind, and came away moved by the kindness and openness of people who have nothing and just want the chance to work for a better life. People who for a myriad of reasons find the place they once called home unstable and dangerous, and that to stay would mean risking their lives.

"Britain is a tolerant and accepting country. My mother and her family came here from India in the 1960s, and were able to make a life; to get an education, work and contribute to society. As the product of British multiculturalism, when I see migrants, I see hope and hard work. But most of all I see humans, like you and I."

The track, partly inspired by American author Cormac McCarthy's book of the same name, is described by Pallot as an "extraordinary story of the human spirit trying to survive insurmountable odds... it's a song about self determination." In terms of sound, the track is a massive departure from what you might expect by Pallot, sounding more an offcut from John Grant's Pale Green Ghosts.

The Sound And The Fury is Pallot's fifth album in total, and is released on 11 September via her own Idaho Records.

Watch the video for "The Road" below.