Arab Strap have announced Autumn dates including a visit to Belfast’s Empire Music Hall on 11 September.
New album “I’m totally fine with it 👍 don’t give a fuck anymore 👍” will be released on 10th May 2024
New song “Strawberry Moon”, the second single from their forthcoming album – premiered by Huw Stephens on his BBC 6Music drivetime show – sounds like nothing else the band have done before.
It follows the BBC 6Music playlisted album track “Bliss”, a song that perfectly exemplifies what is their most sonically expansive album to date.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NReQ2dA0ncg
Almost 28 years after their debut, Arab Strap have never sounded more essential, and this new record is a fierce testament to their laser focus on wider horizons. Written and performed exclusively by Malcolm Middleton and Aidan Moffat, “I’m totally fine with it 👍 don’t give a fuck anymore 👍” may sound like the title of an album by a band giving up (it’s just a text from the band’s live drummer that Moffat thought was funny), but in reality it’s an album that stands to clearly define a new creative period for Arab Strap.