Arab Strap

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Scottish indie-rockers Arab Strap have announced a gig at La Belle Angele on Wednesday 18th September in support of their new album!

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Following their critically-acclaimed UK Top 20 album "As Days Get Dark", Arab Strap return with their 2nd long player for Mogwai's Rock Action Records. "I'm totally fine with it don't give a fuck anymore " is due 10th May 2024

I'm totally fine with it ?? don't give a fuck anymore ?? may sound like the title of an album by a band giving up (it's just a text from the band's live drummer Moffat thought was funny) but in reality, it's an album that stands to clearly define a new creative period for Arab Strap. With the band having recently wrapped up a tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of Philophobia, their new album feels charged by a desire to move forward and explore new sonic terrain. "It's been fun but I'll be glad it's over so we can move on," laughs Middleton, with Moffat echoing him. "Doing the Philophobia tour has been a way of saying goodbye to those old songs," he says. "It's a very quiet record so I expect next year when performing live it will be banger after banger. We've earned the right to make some noise."

“It's about hopelessness and darkness,” says Aidan Moffat. “But in a fun way.” The Arab Strap frontman is speaking about the band’s 7th studio album and their first since 2005’s The Last Romance.

The pioneering Falkirk duo of Moffat and Malcolm Middleton called it a day in 2006 but got back together 10 years later to perform a series of acclaimed and sold out shows. “We really enjoyed doing those gigs,” recalls Middleton. “So it made sense to try writing together again”.

Prior to splitting up the band released a string of acclaimed releases spanning albums such as Philophobia, The Red Thread and Monday At The Hug and Pint, several EPs and that most difficult of tasks: a genuinely stunning live album via Mad for Sadness.

Arab Strap started out as an intimate project with home-recorded tapes shared between friends, but after the unexpected success of their inimitable debut single ‘The First Big Weekend’ they quickly found themselves, along with pals Mogwai, as some of the most exciting and cherished music coming out of Scotland. The band’s first gig was recorded live for John Peel, who became an early devotee. The band went from indie record label Chemikal Underground onto the major label Go! Beat and then back again to Chemikal, touring the world and funnelling life’s experiences into a unique concoction of music that explored beauty, sadness, intoxicants, sex, love, and death all rolled into one.

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Arab Strap

Scottish indie-rockers Arab Strap have announced a gig at La Belle Angele on Wednesday 18th September in support of their new album!

About Arab Strap

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