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Artist......: Arab Strap
Album.......: As Days Get Dark
Label.......: Rock Action Records
Genre.......: Indie
Catnr.......: ROCKACT137CD
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2021-03-08
Str.date....: 2021-03-05
Quality.....: 839 kbps avg / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
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1. The Turning Of Our Bones 5:03
2. Another Clockwork Day 3:29
3. Compersion Pt. 1 3:36
4. Bluebird 2:52
5. Kebabylon 5:15
6. Tears On Tour 4:29
7. Here Comes Comus 4:13
8. Fable Of The Urban Fox 4:55
9. I Was Once A Weak Man 3:26
10. Sleeper 6:24
11. Just Enough 3:33
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,: ôI donÆt give a fuck about the past, our glory days gone by,ö :,
: drawls Aidan Moffat as he opens the first new Arab Strap album :
:' in sixteen years by confirming in stirring fashion that every ':
,: aspect of their musical calling card remains intact. æThe :,
: Turning of Our BonesÆ is a remarkable curtain raiser, :
:' constructing an ominous atmosphere out of strings, sax, synth ':
,: and the sardonic, and everything from its brooding feel to its :,
: unsettlingly prescient lyrics - successive lines mentioning :
:' mask-wearing and Tesco were presumably penned pre-pandemic - ':
,: feel so tailor-made for our times that you wonder about the :,
: recordÆs title: where have Arab Strap been as the days have :
:' gotten dark? ':
,: :,
: Of course, the answer is that theyÆve been here all along. Aidan :
:' Moffat and Malcolm Middleton never really did manage to keep ':
,: their distance after they initially called time on the band in :,
: 2008, and theyÆve been officially back in action since 2016, :
:' meaning that Arab Strap have again been a going concern in ':
,: precisely the kind of increasingly bleak world that their albums :,
: always seemed to speak to back in the æ90s. æAs Days Get DarkÆ :
:' is largely faithful to the same sonic blueprint, even as it ':
,: tosses mini-jazz freakouts into æKebabylonÆ or underscores :,
: æFable of the Urban FoxÆ with a stirring groove: the familiar :
:' blend of post-rock and post-punk remains the bedrock. Most ':
,: crucial, though, is that AidanÆs scathing wit is more incendiary :,
: than ever: the vivid, often lurid portraits he paints of the :
:' society around him feel more vital than ever, as does his ':
,: ability to navigate them with a grim chuckle. :,
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