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Philophobia (CD)

By: Arab Strap (Artist)

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Arab Strap Artist Snapshot:

Scottish ensemble Arab Strap are one of the few U.K. indie-rock acts to have embraced the American slowcore genre pioneered by bands like Slint and Codeine. The band's wry low-key dirges concern the cornerstones of the working-class malaise: sex, drugs, and the pub. Though Arab Strap have a distinct, fully formed sound, the band remains mercurial and artistically challenging, making for a true pop music curiosity.

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DISC 1 for Philophobia (CD) Album By Arab Strap (Artist)
1   Packs Of Three
2   Soaps
3   Here We Go
4   New Birds
5   One Day, After School
6   Islands
7   Night Before The Funeral, The
8   Not Quite A Yes
9   Piglet
10   Afterwards
11   My Favourite Muse
12   I Would've Liked Me A Lot Last Night
13   First Time You're Unfaithful, The
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (9/3/98, p.104) - 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...(they) obsess over the details of their romantic chaos and drunken stupors, setting their disillusionment to beautiful, uncluttered arrangements of guitar, organ and strings....majestic as a steady afternoon rainstorm, and invariably sad..."

Title Note

Arab Strap: Aidan Moffat, Malcolm Middleton.

Additional personnel: Adele Bethel (vocals); Sarah Martin (violin); Cora Bissett, Alan Barr (cello); Alan Wylie (trumpet); Chris Geddes (Wurlitzer, Hammond B-3 organ); Stuart Murdoch (piano); David Gow (organ, drums); Gary Miller (bass).

Arab Strap is similar to Nick Cave or Tindersticks in its timbre and its taste for ennui, but lacking in pretension and bombast. These simple and understated pieces are like the soundtrack from an endless rainy afternoon, and even when the guitars rise up and roar (as in the head-nodding groove of "New Birds") the disc still retains its sense of quiet intimacy. Aidan Moffat's vocals barely rise above a whisper and only occasionally fall into a melody.

Like Charles Bukowski and like the flatly painted nudes on the cover, Arab Strap are unflinchingly frank about drinking and sexing and all the messy parts that go with it. All of the humor, pathos and sadness come from the truth of the telling. All is not dreariness, though; there are times when the music rises up poignantly ("Soaps") and other moments when the lyrics do the same ("Islands"). This disc is not for the faint of heart. It is, however, deeply moving and compelling.

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