"Exits" is the first single by British
indie rock
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band
Foals from their fifth
studio album, ''
Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1
''Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1'' is the fifth studio album by British rock band Foals. It was released on 8 March 2019 through Warner Bros. and Transgressive Records. The album is considered the first half of a two-piece projec ...
''. The song and music video were released on 21 January 2019 in the United Kingdom after its debut on DJ
Annie Mac's
BBC Radio 1
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. This is the band's first single not to feature former bassist Walter Gervers after leaving the group in 2018. A
trance
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remix of the song by British
electronic
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*Electronics, the science of how to control electric energy in semiconductor
* ''Electronics'' (magazine), a defunct American trade journal
*Electronic storage, the storage of data using an electronic device
*Electronic co ...
producer,
George FitzGerald was released on 7 March 2019.
Music video
The music video, directed by Albert Moya features French actress
Christa Théret
Christa Théret (born 25 June 1991) is a French actress, best known for her role of Andrée Heuschling in ''Renoir''.
Early life
As a child, Théret aspired to be a teacher and then to become an actress.
Career
Théret's acting career began a ...
and ''
Game of Thrones'' star
Isaac H. Wright as students at a clandestine
fencing
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academy in a random series of interconnected vignettes of a
surrealist
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nature. The video was filmed in
Budapest
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.
Track listing
Charts
References
External links
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2019 singles
2019 songs
Foals songs
Transgressive Records singles
Songs written by Yannis Philippakis
Environmental songs
Warner Records singles
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