A-side song Give and Take is 4 sturdy minutes of drone garage groove capturing the feeling of loose tension in between giving and taking and pushing and pulling
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ARAB STRAP - The Week Never Starts LP experimental A-side song Give and TakeRIYL: Tindersticks, Slint The year 1996 saw the release of Arab Straps first single, The First Big Weekend, and debut album The Week Never Starts Round Here. Into an underground rock milieu preoccupied at the time with slo core, math rock, and all things Pet Sounds, the duo of Malcolm Middleton and Aidan Moffat couldnt have sounded more alien. In many ways, The Week Never Starts Round Here bears all the marks of a debut: its raw, unguarded, and