Arab Strap have returned with new single ‘Bliss’ and particulars of a brand new album known as ‘I’m completely tremendous with it 👍 don’t give a fuck anymore 👍’.
The Scottish duo – Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton – returned in 2021 after 16 years away with comeback album ‘As Days Get Darkish’, which went on to be nominated for the SAY (Scottish Album Of The Yr) Award.
On Could 10, they may return with their second album for Mogwai‘s Rock Motion label, of which Moffat defined: “It’s about ladies being terrorised on-line; it’s about cowardice and bigotry. It’s about how we expose ourselves on social platforms whereas hiding alone at house. However you may dance to it too!”
The album’s title comes from a textual content despatched to the band by their reside drummer, and seems on its art work. See that, its tracklist, the band’s upcoming tour dates and the video for ‘Bliss’ beneath.
‘I’m completely tremendous with it 👍 don’t give a fuck anymore 👍’ tracklist:
1. ‘Allatonceness’
2. ‘Bliss’
3. ‘Sociometer Blues’
4. ‘Cover Your Fires’
5. ‘Summer season Season’
6. ‘Molehills’
7. ‘Strawberry Moon’
8. ‘You’re Not There’
9. ‘Haven’t You Heard’
10. ‘Secure & Nicely’
11. ‘Dreg Queen’
12. ‘Flip Off The Mild’
The band’s new tour will start in Carlisle on Could 20, stopping in Birmingham, Bristol, London and extra earlier than ending at Leeds’ Brudenell Social Membership.
A particular hometown present at Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom will then comply with in September. Purchase tickets right here for the newly introduced gigs.
MAY 2024
20 – Carlisle, The Brickyard
21 – Sunderland, Hearth Station
22 – Birmingham, Fortress & Falcon
23 – Bristol, Lantern
24 – London, KOKO
25 – Manchester, Gorilla
26 – Leeds, Brudenell Social Membership
SEPTEMBER 2024
21 – Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom
Reviewing ‘As Days Get Darkish’ upon its launch, NME described the album as a profession greatest for Moffat and Middleton, writing: “With lyrics that embody the truth of ageing with all its knowledge and regrets, and with music that employs the deftness of contact that may solely include long-term honing, Arab Strap have delivered their defining document.”
In a brand new interview across the launch of their comeback single ‘The Turning Of Our Bones’ in late 2020, their first new music in 15 years, the pair stated that there was “no level getting again collectively to launch mediocrity”.