Scottish indie rock band Arab Strap has been curating a beautiful expression of ‘sadness, intoxicants, sex, love, and death’ through their music since 1995. After touring the world, the band will be performing at Salon IKSV on Saturday, 29th of October. Doors open at 20:00. More information available via the official event page.Tickets are available via Passo.
From the organizers:
A major part of the Glasgow music scene in the 90’s that spawned Belle & Sebastian and Mogwai.
Arab Strap started out as an intimate project with home-recorded tapes shared between friends, but after the unexpected success of their inimitable debut single ‘The First Big Weekend’ they quickly found themselves, along with pals Mogwai, as some of the most exciting and cherished music coming out of Scotland. The band’s first gig was recorded live for John Peel, who became an early devotee. Prior to splitting up, the band released a string of acclaimed releases spanning albums such as ‘Philophobia’, ‘The Red Thread’ and ‘Monday At The Hug and Pint’, several EPs and that most difficult of tasks: a genuinely stunning live album via Mad for Sadness. The duo called it a day in 2006 but got back together 10 years later to perform a series of acclaimed and sold out shows and ended up composing their 7th studio album and their first since 2005, ‘The Last Romance’. Despite them being a pinnacle group of the era, Moffat makes it clear that the aim is not to ‘recapture the 90s’ but instead to create a distinctly new album, with new tools, sounds and a forward moving sense of exploration: ‘It’s definitely Arab Strap, but an older and wiser one, and quite probably a better one.’
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Image sourced via the organizers.
More information available via the official event page.
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