Arab Strap were an indie rock band from Scotland who were signed to independent record label Chemikal Underground.
Vocalist Aidan Moffat and multi-instrumentalist Malcolm Middleton grew up in Falkirk, Scotland and bonded over their mutual love for Drag City recording artists such as Smog and Will Oldham as well as their love of cheap alcohol. They began collaborating in 1995, and their debut album The Week Never Starts Round Here was released the following year.
On 9 September 2006 the band announced on their website that they were to split up. They celebrated the 10 years since their first studio album with the release of a compilation record, entitled Ten Years Of Tears. They went on tour in Europe for the last time at the end of the year, and played their final show at the end of a secret tour of Japan at Shibuya O-Nest on 17 December 2006.
Studio albums
* The Week Never Starts Round Here (1996)
* Philophobia (1998) UK #37
* Elephant Shoe (1999) UK #79
* The Red Thread (2001) UK #125
* Monday at the Hug and Pint (2003) UK #120
* The Last Romance (2005) UK #199
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