: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : 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.....: 252kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 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. Hear 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 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 47:15 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 90.22 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: 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. :, : : :' ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 2 1 \/