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 greek sun made you lovely but attacked me with its rays.
I fell asleep and burned so badly
I could barely move for the first few days.
The girls in front all lay topless
- I did my best not to look.
But you could see right through my glasses as
I pretended to read my book.
We went for dinner then tried the cocktails
And drank our way through the list.
For the first time in ages we just sat
And chatted then staggered home happy, tanned and pissed.