The First Big Weekend

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Went out for the weekend, it lasted for ever

“The First Big Weekend” was Arab Strap’s debut single, released in 1996, and included on the band’s debut album The Week Never Starts Round Here, released the same year. The song’s lyrics describe the narrator Aidan Moffat’s experiences on the weekend of the England vs Scotland football match played during the 1996 European Football Championships. The song’s arrangement set a blueprint for much of the band’s later material, with most of the lyrics being spoken rather than sung (with the exception of the “went out for the weekend” refrain towards the end of the song) over a backing o… read more
“The First Big Weekend” was Arab Strap’s debut single, released in 1996, and included on the band’s debut album The Week Never Starts Round Here, rel… read more
“The First Big Weekend” was Arab Strap’s debut single, released in 1996, and included on the band’s debut album The Week Never Starts Round Here, released the same year. The song’s lyric… read more

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Arab Strap are an independent rock band from Falkirk, Scotland, UK, signed for the majority of their albums to independent record label Chemikal Underground. The duo had a short lived flirtation with a major label at the peak of their critical acclaim (after "Philophobia") when they signed to Go!Beat records (a former independent label now owned by Universal). Vocalist Aidan Moffat and multi-instrumentalist Malcolm Middleton met in Falkirk, bonded over their mutual love for Drag City recording artists such as Smog and Will Oldham, and began a collaboration in 1995. The ban… read more
Arab Strap are an independent rock band from Falkirk, Scotland, UK, signed for the majority of their albums to independent record label Chemikal Underground. The duo had a short lived flirt… read more
Arab Strap are an independent rock band from Falkirk, Scotland, UK, signed for the majority of their albums to independent record label Chemikal Underground. The duo had a short lived flirtation with a major label at the peak of their … read more

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