Anyone heard Moffat/Hubbert's "Ghost Stories for Christmas"?
― djh, Thursday, 6 December 2018 20:53 (five years ago) link
Yeah it’s bloody excellent, immediately bought a ticket for their Manchester Soup Kitchen show, without stopping to realise it’s the night of my work Xmas party. About 50/50 on going atm and that’s turning down a lot of free booze, so you must realise it I is v good.
― avoid drinking on an empty liver (fionnland), Thursday, 6 December 2018 20:59 (five years ago) link
ill listen to any old hubby material but haven't heard yet
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 6 December 2018 21:03 (five years ago) link
Is "Only You" typical?
― djh, Thursday, 6 December 2018 21:31 (five years ago) link
We sold more units than The 1975 and The Beatles this week ha ha ha ha ha ha hahttps://t.co/HhIcOkHdrJ
― Your dad's Carlos Boozer and you keep him alive (fionnland), Friday, 14 December 2018 23:35 (five years ago) link
and yes, fairly typical aye
― Your dad's Carlos Boozer and you keep him alive (fionnland), Friday, 14 December 2018 23:36 (five years ago) link
Tonight Aidan jumped off stage to chuck a prick of a heckler out and Hubby joked about fucking the Queen. The music was bloody good too.
― Your dad's Carlos Boozer and you keep him alive (fionnland), Friday, 14 December 2018 23:39 (five years ago) link
Gigantic archive collection up on Bandcamp today
https://arabstrap.bandcamp.com/
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 1 May 2020 14:24 (four years ago) link
They're back?!
pic.twitter.com/BnRW4osTAE— Arab Strap (@ArabStrapBand) August 27, 2020
― brain (krakow), Thursday, 27 August 2020 11:40 (four years ago) link
yayy i'm a sucker for this band
― life is beauitul (rip van wanko), Thursday, 27 August 2020 14:26 (four years ago) link
I feel like they never really "go away" that long but I'm always happy to have em back.
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 August 2020 14:49 (four years ago) link
I'm assuming/hoping it means new music.
― brain (krakow), Thursday, 27 August 2020 15:40 (four years ago) link
indeed it does!
https://youtu.be/f4CN6sxDvr0
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Tuesday, 1 September 2020 17:49 (four years ago) link
video somewhat NSFW
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Tuesday, 1 September 2020 17:51 (four years ago) link
(if you still have a workplace idk)
anyway this is surprisingly good!
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Tuesday, 1 September 2020 17:52 (four years ago) link
Yeah, it seems very good!
― brain (krakow), Tuesday, 1 September 2020 17:56 (four years ago) link
still enjoys a good shag our aidan
― life is beauitul (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 1 September 2020 18:38 (four years ago) link
it almost sounds like they were satisfying an Arab Strab Comeback Single checklist: ominous guitars, beats, strings, shagging. check!
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Tuesday, 1 September 2020 18:50 (four years ago) link
Off-topic, but this must be one of the earliest threads on ILM; I don't see many that predate 2001.
― fetter, Tuesday, 1 September 2020 19:18 (four years ago) link
A joy to have them back tbf, this is good.
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 11:14 (four years ago) link
New album contains zero surprises so far but it's solid as hell. Probably better than a couple of their original LPs.
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Friday, 5 March 2021 17:28 (three years ago) link
I didn't know I wanted this, but halfway in it's clear I did. Very much.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 6 March 2021 04:57 (three years ago) link
Well, ILM does have (some of) its roots in a fan community for Belle & Sebastian, by whom see the third album.
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 20 May 2021 17:31 (three years ago) link
Never really listened to this act before, but damn I enjoy this!
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 21 May 2021 10:05 (three years ago) link
New album is great, pretty much what I want from an Arab Strap record in 2021.
― hamicle, Friday, 21 May 2021 11:26 (three years ago) link
"Another Clockwork Day" is somehow one of the most touchingly romantic things ever.
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 19 June 2021 22:37 (three years ago) link
Now, this is what you call an Arab Strap album.
https://pitchfork.com/news/arab-strap-announce-album-share-video-for-new-song-bliss-watch/
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 26 January 2024 23:24 (seven months ago) link
“When you stay on brand”
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 26 January 2024 23:50 (seven months ago) link
Album seems fairly decent.
― djh, Monday, 24 June 2024 20:58 (two months ago) link
Sounds better with alcohol, it must be said (and was probably already presumed).
― djh, Wednesday, 26 June 2024 22:42 (two months ago) link
Really enjoying it but would struggle to say why particularly. Perhaps because it sounds like this - This is a thread for ILXORS IN THEIR 50's - set to song?
― djh, Wednesday, 31 July 2024 19:03 (one month ago) link