Arab Strap

Arab Strap
Formed: 1995 in Scotland
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Disbanded: 2006
Styles: Indie Rock, Slowcore, Sadcore
Group Members: Aidan Moffat, Malcolm Middleton
Biography: The Scottish post-folk duo Arab Strap were formed in mid-1995 by vocalist Aidan Moffat and multi-instrumentalist Malcolm Middleton, longtime friends who after years of exchanging cassettes of their respective bands decided to finally begin collaborating together. Upon signing to the hip Chemikal Underground ...Read full biography
The Red Thread
Released: 2001
Label: Matador
Critics' Rating:
Scotland's answer to Walter Becker and Donald Fagen return for their fourth studio record in five years, offering ten more tracks of ribald slack that clock in at an hour. By now, the comparisons to any ...Read full review
Elephant Shoe
Released: 2000
Label: Sammel-Label
Critics' Rating:
All of the same words ("languid," "somnolent," "depressing," "miserable," et al.) employed to describe Arab Strap's first two efforts apply to their third as well, but a virtually imperceptible shift is ...Read full review
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