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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If you learn to drive,
I can use the train and the bus.
When youre mobile, well go.
Take my toys and your cat with us.
Well leave the violence,
Well have something to do.
With a couch-bed in the front room for when we fall out or when our friends come through.
Its painting a kitchen thats keeping me going
And weve already named the seeds Ill be sowing.
And when theyve grown up (thats hoping that I dont shoot blanks), could we move right up north,
Find a house near the shores and the banks?
With a big fuck-off telly,
A brand new stereo system.
Well meet old friends at funerals
And pretend that weve missed them.
And if they were here,
Theyd say it was shocking to find
Weve already named the dog well be walking.
Its choosing a mattress thats keeping me going
And weve already named the seeds Ill be sowing.