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Arab Strap are a Post-folk Indie band from Scotland signed to independent record label Chemikal Underground . Vocalist Aidan Moffat and multi-instrumentalist Malcolm Middleton met in Falkirk , Scotland , bonded over their mutual love for Drag City recording artists such as Smog and Will Oldham , and began a collaboration in 1995. The band is completed by violinist Jenny Reeve and cellist Stacey Sievewright.

Arab Strap's marked characteristics include snide, rather sordid lyrics -- described by the NME as "fly on the duvet vignettes" and a brooding, spare sound.

In keeping with the theme of obscure sexual allusion (see Arab Strap (sexual Device) ), Moffat records as a solo artist under the name Lucky Pierre - slang for the man in the middle of a homosexual threesome. This work is also characterised by brooding, spare sound but is instrumental in nature. Malcolm Middleton also has a solo career under his own name, and his music is released by Chemikal Underground .


DISCOGRAPHY

Albums and EPs
  • The Week Never Starts Round Here (1996); Chemikal Underground CHEM 010

  • '' Philophobia '' (1998); Chemikal Underground CHEM 021

  • Singles (1999, compilation, Japanese release); Bandai APCY-8473

  • Mad For Sadness (1999, live); GoBeat 547387-2

  • Elephant Shoe (1999); GoBeat 547805-2

  • The Red Thread (2001); Chemikal Underground CHEM050

  • Quiet Violence (2002, EP); private pressing ASTRIP001

  • Monday at the Hug and Pint (2003); Chemikal Underground CHEM065

  • The Cunted Circus (2003, live); private pressing ASC001CD

  • Acoustic Request Show (2005, live): private pressing ASreq01

  • The Last Romance (2005); Chemikal Underground CHEM082CD


Singles
  • The First Big Weekend (1996); Chemikal Underground CHEM 007

  • The Smell of Outdoor Cooking (1997); Lissys LISS 22

  • The Clearing (1997); Chemikal Underground CHEM 013

  • The Girls of Summer EP (1997); Chemikal Underground CHEM 017

  • Here We Go/Trippy (1998); Chemikal Underground CHEM 020

  • Live (1998); Too Many Cooks BROTH001

  • (Afternoon) Soaps (1998); Chemikal Underground CHEM 027

  • Cherubs EP (1999); Go Beat GOBCD21

  • FUKD ID #2 (2000) aka Rocket, Take Your Turn/Blackness; Chemikal Underground CHEM048

  • To All A Good Night (2000); Chemikal Underground ASDEC25CD

  • Love Detective (2001); Chemikal Underground CHEM049

  • Turbulence (2001); Chemikal Underground CHEM051

  • The Shy Retirer EP (2003); Chemikal Underground CHEM067

  • Dream Sequence (2005); Chemikal Underground CHEM081

  • Speed-Date (2006); Chemikal Underground CHEM086



Lucky Pierre/L. Pierre

Albums
  • Hypnogogia (2002); Melodic MELO 013

  • Touchpool (2005); Melodic MELO 027



Malcolm Middleton

Albums
  • 5:14 Fluoxytine Seagull Alcohol John Nicotine (2002); Chemikal Underground CHEM 062

  • Into the Woods (2005); Chemikal Underground CHEM 076



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