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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Were barely halfway there,
Youre stretched out and clamped around me.
I dont think theres drink at home.
You make a little snore and shift.
Just keep your head down there - you sleep,
Ill give directions.
Ill use the private miles to plan some tactics and a gift.
Ill move around you,
Attack and surround you.
She talked me back inside
- thank fuck our friends are nosy.
Any reactions good
- its a stupid way to make me say it.
Did we go far enough?
Did it just serve its purpose?
If the words are still a problem
Ill cut it out and let you weight it.