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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Im waiting for a service, waiting in vain.
Shes waiting on another man, no one drank again.
She flashed me the menu, working smell on her lips.
Led me just enough. I shouldnt have tipped.
I say well, the food there was crap.
The other one there, I didnt give two glances.
Shes in love with my soul - she thinks Im attractive.
She forraged a smile, I saw the floor.
She tried again, I examined the ashtray.
I say well.
But I still make the mistake of eating where the food is crap.