Arab Strap is 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 band…
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