Arab Strap

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

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 with the excellent titled “I’m totally fine with it 👍don’t give a fuck anymore 👍”. Almost 28 years after their debut, Arab Strap have never sounded more essential, and this new record is a fierce testament to their laser focus on wider horizons. Written and performed exclusively by Malcolm Middleton & Aidan Moffat, and finessed with longtime collaborator Paul Savage, the album furthers the band’s transformation from swooning, slow-core romantics to raging, alt-pop chroniclers.

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Isobel Campbell is a Scottish singer-songwriter, cellist and composer who rose to prominence in the Scottish indie pop band 'Belle and Sebastian' before releasing 3 albums with Mark Lanegan (Mark Lanegan - ex Queens Of The Stone Age, Screaming Trees). Belle & Sebastian's album "Ballad of the Broken Seas" shortlisted for 2006 Mercury Music Prize and was one of NME's top 100 albums of the decade.Isobel Campbell achieved 9 UK top 40's with the 'Belle & Sebastian', spanning 12 weeks in the top 40.B & S's third LP 'The Boy with the Arab Strap' reached No.12 in the UK charts.An impressive 130k album sales across 3 albums in the UK alone.

Das Debüt der Kollaboration von Malcolm Middleton (Arab Strap) und Joel Harries ist eine Platte, die beweist, dass man auch aus Spaß an der Freude kreativ sein kann und sollte.