As Days Get Dark (LP)
Arab Strap
Amoeba Review
Scottish duo Arab Strap have released their first new studio album since 2005: As Days Get Dark. Fans who have missed their spare, brooding sound will rejoice at the return of Aidan Moffat’s grim recitations, occasionally accompanied by livelier beats than before. “Here Comes Comus!” is downright rockin’ for Arab Strap, and it’s also quite a good song -- dark synth pop-meets-goth rock, perhaps. Moffat still conjures sad or sordid (or sometimes darkly comic) images in a heavy brogue. A song like “Kebabylon,” for example, is the monologue of a street sweeper bitterly cleaning up the garbage from late-night revelers.
Track Listing
Side A Titles |
Artist |
Length |
---|---|---|
1.
The Turning Of Our Bones
|
Arab Strap | 05:03 |
2.
Another Clockwork Day
|
Arab Strap | 03:29 |
3.
Compersion Pt. 1
|
Arab Strap | 03:36 |
4.
Bluebird
|
Arab Strap | 02:52 |
5.
Kebabylon
|
Arab Strap | 05:15 |
6.
Tears On Tour
|
Arab Strap | 04:29 |
Side B Titles |
Artist |
Length |
---|---|---|
1.
Here Comes Comus!
|
Arab Strap | 04:13 |
2.
Fable Of The Urban Fox
|
Arab Strap | 04:55 |
3.
I Was Once A Weak Man
|
Arab Strap | 03:27 |
4.
Sleeper
|
Arab Strap | 06:24 |
5.
Just Enough
|
Arab Strap | 03:33 |