Arab Strap were a post-folk indieband from signed for the majority of their albums to independent record label Chemikal Underground. The duohad a short lived flirtation with a major label at the peak of their critical acclaim (post- Philophobia) when they signed to Go!Beat records (a former independent label now owned by Universal). Vocalist Aidan Moffatand multi-instrumentalist Malcolm Middletonmet in Falkirk, Scotland, bonded over their mutual love for Drag City recording artists such as Smogand Will Oldham, and began a collaboration in 1995. The band is completed by violinist Jenny Reeveand cellist . Arab Strap's marked characteristics include frank and forthright lyrics delivered in a Scottish brogue.
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The rain woke us up.
You turned round and just did it.
Good morning, slow down.
Have you remembered where you hid it?
You cried in the kitchen.
We made up in the hall.
I watched you get dressed.
Those boots make you too tall.
And we made each other late,
cause I took my watch off there,
So it wouldnt scratch your skin,
Or get tangled in your hair.
It wasnt long ago
We went on guided tours
But I forgot what it meant
To pretend my hand is yours.
Its best in the morning.
When we know it wont be rushed.
So leave the curtains closed
And come back when youve brushed.