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The Red Thread

by Arab Strap

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Amor Veneris 03:46
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Last Orders 04:55
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Scenery 05:05
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The Long Sea 07:09
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Infrared 06:11
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Haunt Me 05:40
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Turbulence 08:14

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Arab Strap's return to Chemikal Underground was launched properly with the release of their dark masterpiece The Red Thread. 10 tracks long and clocking in at a few minutes shy of an hour, The Red Thread is a densely beautiful piece of work: the swirling strings of Haunt Me, contrasting with the starkly picked acoustic of Amor Veneris; swathes of gigantic guitar crash all over The Long Sea while electronic beats patter and click underneath Turbulence. Also worthy of a special mention is Screaming In The Trees, where Malcolm's guitar playing packs just as much of an emotional punch as Aidan's lyrics.

With The Red Thread, Arab Strap establish once and for all just what an intensely talented writing partnership Moffat and Middleton were becoming: the music and lyrics working together to transport you to somewhere else entirely. It should also be noted that Aidan was ably assisted on backing vocals by Adele Bethel (who would go on with Arab Strap drummer David Gow to form the highly successful Sons And Daughters).

Trivia #1: The front cover of The Red Thread was a painting by numbers completed by Aidan's mother.

Trivia #2: Despite selling out of the damn things, the vinyl version of The Red Thread was the most expensive piece of artwork we've ever compiled.

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released February 26, 2001

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Arab Strap Scotland, UK

Arab Strap started out as an intimate project with home-recorded tapes shared between friends,and soon became one of Scotland's most cherished bands. The pioneering duo of Moffat & Malcolm Middleton called it a day in 2006 but are now back from the grave and are ready to rave! ... more

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