Arab Strap have returned with “Strawberry Moon,” a track off their upcoming album I’m totally fine with it 👍 don’t give a fuck anymore 👍. The sound is new for the duo, with Malcolm Middleton’s bass coated in a thick layer of fuzz, backed by driving, twisting electronic drums that owe a debt to Afrobeat and Whitney Houston.

“Lyrically, it’s maybe the most personal song on the album,” says Aidan Moffat, “About a period when I wasn’t doing very well, both mentally and physically. I was walking with a cane and in pain most of the time, and drowning my sorrows too, trapped at home and watching the phases of the moon through a window. The moon always seems to pop up in my lyrics, and the song’s a sort of secular hymn in praise of her constant change. She’s always a comfort, always hopeful, and always makes me smile.”

The song’s video, created with David Arthur – who worked with Moffat previously on the film Where You’re Meant To Be – features Middleton and Moffat as werewolf and priest in a chase across the city of Glasgow, and is the first time the duo have fully appeared in a video together in almost 25 years. “Aye, it’s been a while,” says Moffat, “So we thought we should go all out – costumes, make-up, special effects, acting, mobility scooter and all.”

Arab Strap
I’m totally fine with it 👍 don’t give a fuck anymore
Tracklisting

Allatonceness
Bliss
Sociometer Blues
Hide Your Fires
Summer Season
Molehills
Strawberry Moon
You’re Not There
Haven’t You Heard
Safe & Well
Dreg Queen
Turn Off The Light

Arab Strap 2024 Tour Dates

May 20th – The Brickyard, Carlisle
May 21st – Fire Station, Sunderland
May 22nd – Castle & Falcon, Birmingham
May 23rd – Lantern, Bristol
May 24th – Koko, London
May 25th – Gorilla, Manchester
May 26th – Brudenell, Leeds
May 30th – Primavera Sound, Barcelona
May 31st – Reithalle, Kaserne, Basel, Switzerland
June 20th – Rocca Medievale, Castiglione del Lago, Italy
June 21st – Botanique Bologna, Bologna, Italy
June 22nd – Triennale Milano Teatro, Milan, Italy
Sept 11th – Empire, Belfast
Sept 12th – Dolans, Limerick
Sept 13th – Roisin Dubh, Galway
Sept 14th – Whelans’, Dublin
Sept 16th – The Byre Theatre, St Andrews
Sept 17th – Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
Sept 18th – La Belle Angèle, Edinburgh
Sept 19th – The Venue, Dumfries
Sept 20th – MAC Arts, Galashiels
Sept 21st – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow

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