The Scottish duo rejects nostalgia to look their era straight in the eye with a new hit, “I’m Totally Fine with It Don’t Give a Fuck Anymore”.
I’m Totally Fine with It Don’t Give a Fuck Anymore could be among the most quit songs in pop history. However, far from the quiet I-don’t-give-a-fuck that one might imagine, this new album is a blast that jostles to extricate itself from its past and shake up its era. And what a past!
As Arab Strap completes a tour celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of Philophobia (1998), a worn romantic monument which treated the lack of love and sad sex with a lot of lukewarm beer and cheap dope, the group chose to no longer look into the past to concentrate on its future. All fangs out, Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton send out heavy riffs and biting lyrics pronounced with a Glasgow accent, as beautiful as a blasted moor.
An unmissable mix of rock, electro and folk
Revitalized like never before, Arab Strap dares to mix styles (rock, electro and folk) and intelligently addresses the question of our humanity in a hyper-connected and conspiratorial world, without ever sounding like old gensitive reactions. Separated, then reunited again, the Scottish duo looks straight ahead, and we follow them with our eyes closed. Hard-hitting and catchy, this record easily stands out as one of the unmissable releases at the start of the year.
I’m Totally Fine with It Don’t Give a Fuck Anymore (Rock Action Records/PIAS). Released May 10.
