Vol 04 / Trk 12 / Turbulence (BIS Remix) / Arab Strap

I’m writing from a hotel room in Phoenix, without my usual massive hard drive to pull something from. So in between writing a presentation and feeling my flesh burn in 105-degree weather, I dug up an Arab Strap song from a few years ago, when the band broke up. They had a neat trick they pulled out every so often—creating dance music that was almost terrifyingly bleak and sad, but you didn’t really notice because it had a fast beat (and a thick Scottish accent). That doesn’t mean it sounds fun, but it does sound thrilling, and best of all, it has lyrics that tell a story in complete sentences, which we haven’t seen in a long while.
m. joosse

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