A TINY Hebridean island - more famous for slate than rock - has played host to a chart-topping indie band.

Florence and The Machine, whose albums have rushed up charts in the UK and the United States, decided to shoot the video footage to go with their latest single on the 10-hectare island of Easdale.

Their cast and crew of 76 doubled the island's population, but they received a warm welcome and residents also helped them to find additional boats when they needed to depart.

Some locals appear as extras in the video which accompanies their new single Queen of Peace.

The UK's largest film and stills service production company, Edinburgh-based LS (formerly known as Location Scotland), facilitated the ambitious shoot.

There are no roads on the island, which is in the the Firth of Lorn off Scotland's west coast, and it is accessible by a ferry that carries no more than 10 people at a time.

Sarah Drummond, head of motion for LS, said: "This was one of our more challenging shoots, mainly down to the logistics involved and the sheer remoteness of the location.

"The Easdale locals were truly outstanding, nothing was too much for them - not even sourcing extra boats to get the whole crew off the island, all in the middle of the night."

Working with production client, Park Pictures, LS spent four days helping create the video for what is described as a feel good summer track.

Easdale was once a centre of the British slate industry, with a community of more than 500 and as many as seven quarries.