I heard this song for the first time this past summer after receiving a cancer diagnosis. A song like this hits on a whole different level when you’re waiting for test results, surgery, scheduling and pathology reports. it’s a bleak song on the surface, but it was a rallying song of defiance when awareness of my mortality threatened to overwhelm me. Everything turned out well, thank heavens. But man, this was the song I needed in that uncertain time.
I’m so grateful to come across this band via to programme “Karen Pirie”…Wow! just spent an hour listening to them..& still am ..awesome musicians, lyrics and that gorgeous voice…Thank you Guys🙏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙏🏼💕
I love when the three minutes have built us up to "Dig us up and raise us high" The deep voice is indeed uplifting. And it's where the song starts in Karen Pirie "
"The heart began to putrify and then the body bloated As our hair and teeth fell out we did our best to be devoted" I love the ambiguity between the decay of the dead and the decay of the living...
Tonight we salsa, we rave We are upcycled and saved... Quick now before the bell tolls Let's sing the sighs from our souls! Just brilliantly dark yet uplifting lyrics and and such a great 5 minutes of music! Can't wait to get it on vinyl.
Arab Strap managed to do what no one else could. I no longer want it darker. That was a terrible Leonard Cohen joke. Don't get up, I'll see myself out, 🙃
This is why I like December and its 'The Best Of" year lists as you always find that one hidden gem that otherwise you would have never heard. This year its this one.
“So if Bacchus is a friend to Love then take this cup of kindness Just one sip, one chug, one kiss, could cure us of our blindness Hear my wanton whispers, my loud, intemperate plea We've been down among the dead men, now you're coming up with me” That’s absolute genius.
Jo Wiley has made this brilliant track her 'Infatuation of the Week'! I'm glad it's getting airplay as there ain't many great records being made anymore, current charts a case in point. WOULDN'T IT BE AMAZING IF IT WAS NUMBER 1!!
Massive hugs and thank you both _so much_ for adding a big honkin' check-mark to the PLUS column of the 2020 spreadsheet. Unexpected treats are always welcome.
Welcome back boys, you’ve been missed. Thanks for rescuing me from the “year of the pandemic” aka 2020 if only for 5 minutes. I needed it. Looking forward to full album.
I don't give a fuck about the past our glory days gone by All I care about right now is that wee mole inside your thigh And my confidence might crumble but my brio is unbroken Let me loosen all your knots Let our bodies be awoken It's been another seven years It's showing round the eyes Another seven years entombed in lethargy and lies But let's dig out our old clothes and prepare for celebration I am The Son of Sleep All I need's an Invitation The heart began to putrify and then the body bloated As our hair and teeth fell out we did our best to be devoted But let's squeeze the maggots from our flesh like tiny poison pustules Abandon all decorum Boil us down to our essentials We're all just carbon, water, starlight, oxygen and dreams And the sun, the moon, the earth, the neighbours long to hear our screams So if Bacchus is a friend to Love then take this cup of kindness Just one sip, one chug, one kiss could cure us of our blindness Hear my wanton whispers My loud, intemperate plea We've been down among the dead men, now you're coming up with me Dig us up and hold us high Raise our carcass to the sky Wrap us up in sequin skin And we can dance again in sin Just take my hand and be brave We'll say goodbye to this grave Tonight we salsa, we rave We are upcycled and saved We've got the hay so let's roll Surrender all self control Quick now before the bell tolls Let's sing the sighs from our souls In the long grass, underneath the sun I saw you In Tesco with your buttons undone I saw you Hand in hand as we do the school run I saw you In a mask with a secret someone I saw you Let's not be bashful Don't be oblique The flesh is willing but the spirit is weak The second life is calling Feel its pull, feel its tow! So let's live now before we're back below
Never heard of Karen Pirie but first heard Arab Strap nearly 20 years ago. All their albums have been occasionally brilliant (Red Thread anyone) but this one is on a new level though somehow a bit more poppy while still maintaing the expected level of despair and pointlessness. Love it and want more.
Never thought another Arab Strap album would happen. Saw them in the early 2000s in the US. I hope somehow the vaccine will allow me to see them again for this album...It is so good!
El dúo escocés formado por Aidan Moffat y Malcolm Middleton siguen en activo después de más de diecisiete años de alianza musical con sus tortuosas historias de sexo y adicciones. Su alianza se rompió en 2005, tras seis discos, para seguir caminos por separado, pero si han regresado ha sido por decisión propia y porque tenían algo que contar. Arab Strap editan un disco espléndido, en el que a pesar de que son ya cincuentones vuelven a exprimir la noche y ahogan sus últimas penas en el fondo de un vaso. No me llaméis exagerado, pero "As Days Get Dark" es uno de sus mejores discos, algo que se atestigua desde “The Turning Of Our Bones”, la canción que abre el álbum, cinco minutos de recitado melancólico de Aidan Moffat, un tema inspirado en un macabro ritual de Madagascar. El disco avanza con esas texturas que se entremezclan entre lo orgánico y lo sintético. Arab Strap son inimitables y por nuestro bien esperamos que podamos seguir disfrutando de ellos por mucho tiempo más. Música independiente novedades.
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Anyone else here after watching “ Karen Pirie”? Unbelievable theme song ! Congrats on this ! ❤( I’m American so never heard of this band) fantastic
American too !!! Band fantastic 👌
Yup
Dizide ilk kez dinlediğimde Rammstein zannettiğimi itiraf etmeliyim :))
My self ❤
@@dalescharnagl5442 Canuck Irish
This is great, thanks to the excellent Karen Pirie for bringing me here
That's how I found them!
Agreed
Ditto
Agree!
Same for me. Watched Karen Pirie on the weekend (excellent series btw), and found this masterpiece.
I heard this song for the first time this past summer after receiving a cancer diagnosis. A song like this hits on a whole different level when you’re waiting for test results, surgery, scheduling and pathology reports. it’s a bleak song on the surface, but it was a rallying song of defiance when awareness of my mortality threatened to overwhelm me. Everything turned out well, thank heavens. But man, this was the song I needed in that uncertain time.
I am so happy that you’re here !
I've listened to this at least 40 times since yesterday.
Just found out about this and I LOVE it!
22 so far for me :-)
I m trying to break your record mate, I can't stop listening to this masterpiece
Bought the CD, ripped this track, stuck it on a new CD as a loop - driving through the night.
Me too: ) Have started every day with this track to be the happiest me during the day!
Why has it taken me 2 years to find this?
Absolute genius!
People saying.. " ... the last viewing ****" fuck.. really?
Musik is endless!! ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉😅😅😅😅
Is anybody listening since last Monday?? If yes , please tell me!!
Is anybody out there?
Living on the same and unic planet!!
The difference, we are facing is amazing!!
I’m so grateful to come across this band via to programme “Karen Pirie”…Wow! just spent an hour listening to them..& still am ..awesome musicians, lyrics and that gorgeous voice…Thank you Guys🙏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙏🏼💕
Enjoyed the "apocalyptic guitar solo"
This is magic. Especially the impassioned saxophone.
And the apolcalyptic guitar solo. 😂
😂
I love when the three minutes have built us up to "Dig us up and raise us high" The deep voice is indeed uplifting. And it's where the song starts in Karen Pirie
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Arab Strap are back? The world is a better place. I am pissing my pants with excitement.
We need an album! The Last Romance was such a departure but I loved the conventionalness of it.
@@evansevansevans1 Agreed, I absolutely loved The Last Romance. WE DEMAND AN ALBUM!
Panic,Messiah of Evil,The Night Evelyn came out of the Grave,Orgy of the dead,Grave of the Vampire,Frankenstein 80...
THANK YOU !!!!
"The heart began to putrify and then the body bloated
As our hair and teeth fell out we did our best to be devoted"
I love the ambiguity between the decay of the dead and the decay of the living...
The best song I’ve heard in a long time, if not ever.
Most original track i've heard in the last 10 years. Thank you to the band and thank you Jo for playing it.
Sheer witty dark poetry
Good exposure for these guys c/o ITV's Karen Pirie. Epic track. Love this!
‘It’s been another seven years, it’s showing round the eyes, another seven years entombed in lethargy and lies’ genius lyricism as always 🎶😎
What a tune and just the best opening line , so glad for the return of Arab strap
It was the first big comment of the summer
Unfortunately it was the last day of summer yesterday! Hahah....sorry!
Tonight we salsa, we rave
We are upcycled and saved...
Quick now before the bell tolls
Let's sing the sighs from our souls!
Just brilliantly dark yet uplifting lyrics and and such a great 5 minutes of music!
Can't wait to get it on vinyl.
Just take my hand and be brave
We'll say goodbye to this grave
Tonight we salsa, we rave
We are upcycled and saved
Genius!
they had me at "ominous guitar music"
Yes 😂
"bongos"
I got really sucked into "Apocalyptic guitar solo".
"Impassioned saxophone solo" 😁
LMAO
Yes, I've been watching the show. Its awesome. That's how I discovered this incredible tune.
That was just an incredible 5 mins. What a tune!
Magnificent.
Everything new from Arabs is a gift.
Malcolm, Aidan, thank You.
Can't help but think how amazingly this would fit into Good Omens, I can picture it as a theme song for David Tennant's character
Omg I agree completely
Why has it taken me 29 years to find this?
Absolute genius!
I hear Leonard Cohen vibes from beyond the grave
Absolutely!
Yep, 100% - thought the same
Definitely! Maybe 'Waiting for the miracle'?
Arab Strap managed to do what no one else could. I no longer want it darker.
That was a terrible Leonard Cohen joke. Don't get up, I'll see myself out, 🙃
Very sad that I missed this on release. Utterly delighted to have found it now.
Oh my.. Some bands go and come back many years later.. Usually with something lacking.. But this.. Oh no... So glad to have you back
First contender for the album of the year. This song is majestic, so poetic and ambiental. Arab Strap are just amazing.
Just what 2020 needed. Welcome back my favourite doom merchants of all time. Absolutely brilliant track.
This is the best song I've heard all year! Ludicrously good to have them back.
Listen to this track every day, love love love it .
Coming back a month after discovering this amazing song and i am still totally mezmerised it.
I love the subtitles. Under gentle strumming it says "Apocalyptic guitar solo"
Thanks Karen!
This is why I like December and its 'The Best Of" year lists as you always find that one hidden gem that otherwise you would have never heard. This year its this one.
“So if Bacchus is a friend to Love then take this cup of kindness
Just one sip, one chug, one kiss, could cure us of our blindness
Hear my wanton whispers, my loud, intemperate plea
We've been down among the dead men, now you're coming up with me”
That’s absolute genius.
Jo Wiley has made this brilliant track her 'Infatuation of the Week'! I'm glad it's getting airplay as there ain't many great records being made anymore, current charts a case in point. WOULDN'T IT BE AMAZING IF IT WAS NUMBER 1!!
There are a few tracks/bands I wouldn't have discovered if it wasn't for Jo Wiley, heard this one on her show a few nights ago. Great song 👍
I heard Zoe Ball play it on radio Inthe car. Amazing album
I can't stop playing it!
Discovered this this morning at 7am having never heard of them or this. Alexa chose this as my wake up alarm!
The only good thing to come out of 2020.......so far
Check out Folk in Scotland podcast. It helped me through this fucking year.
Massive hugs and thank you both _so much_ for adding a big honkin' check-mark to the PLUS column of the 2020 spreadsheet. Unexpected treats are always welcome.
Magnificent opening of a magnificent album.
"The Turning of Our Bones" debuted at #18 on the New Alternative 40 Chart this week!
Impassioned Saxophone should be the name of my next beer.
What an absolutely genius song !!!!! I'm in love ❤️
Welcome back boys, you’ve been missed. Thanks for rescuing me from the “year of the pandemic” aka 2020 if only for 5 minutes. I needed it. Looking forward to full album.
This kept me upstanding for the entire duration; a truly boned up and banging tune.
Wow! First time I've actually heard them. I remember hearing the name in the past but didn't pay attention. I like this.
Absolutely amazing. Lyrical ,dark ,cynical and lyrical at the same time. Just listened to Sleeper. Brilliant
class . I especially enjoyed the 'instrumental section with congas and disco beats'
I am far too happy to hear this. If they tour im gonna cry 😭😍
Just fucking amazing, came across this song by mistake yesterday. Love it ☺️
A breath of fresh air
I don't give a fuck about the past our glory days gone by
All I care about right now is that wee mole inside your thigh
And my confidence might crumble but my brio is unbroken
Let me loosen all your knots
Let our bodies be awoken
It's been another seven years
It's showing round the eyes
Another seven years entombed in lethargy and lies
But let's dig out our old clothes and prepare for celebration
I am The Son of Sleep
All I need's an Invitation
The heart began to putrify and then the body bloated
As our hair and teeth fell out we did our best to be devoted
But let's squeeze the maggots from our flesh like tiny poison pustules
Abandon all decorum
Boil us down to our essentials
We're all just carbon, water, starlight, oxygen and dreams
And the sun, the moon, the earth, the neighbours long to hear our screams
So if Bacchus is a friend to Love then take this cup of kindness
Just one sip, one chug, one kiss could cure us of our blindness
Hear my wanton whispers
My loud, intemperate plea
We've been down among the dead men, now you're coming up with me
Dig us up and hold us high
Raise our carcass to the sky
Wrap us up in sequin skin
And we can dance again in sin
Just take my hand and be brave
We'll say goodbye to this grave
Tonight we salsa, we rave
We are upcycled and saved
We've got the hay so let's roll
Surrender all self control
Quick now before the bell tolls
Let's sing the sighs from our souls
In the long grass, underneath the sun I saw you
In Tesco with your buttons undone I saw you
Hand in hand as we do the school run I saw you
In a mask with a secret someone I saw you
Let's not be bashful
Don't be oblique
The flesh is willing but the spirit is weak
The second life is calling
Feel its pull, feel its tow!
So let's live now before we're back below
The sound of the summer!
Love it, Malcolm's guitar 😍
Heard this on BBC radio 2 the other night, loved it and wanted to hear it again. Glad it was on here - the video was awesome. Keep up the good work.
One of the best tunes of 2020 for sure🕺🏻🤘🏻
What a track, love the delivery! 👍👍👍
Absolutely mesmerising. Fantastic track and video guys.
Goosebumps every time 🖤 Magnificent.
Tks Karen Pirie
I really like lyrics that rhyme.
Quite simply stunning. Definitely a song that will not grow old ❤️
An new Arab Strap song? I never knew it would be the very thing I wanted and you fucking guys more than delivered.
This is amazing, so happy you guys are back.
Never heard of Karen Pirie but first heard Arab Strap nearly 20 years ago. All their albums have been occasionally brilliant (Red Thread anyone) but this one is on a new level though somehow a bit more poppy while still maintaing the expected level of despair and pointlessness. Love it and want more.
My favorite track of 2020. New album on order.
Never thought another Arab Strap album would happen. Saw them in the early 2000s in the US. I hope somehow the vaccine will allow me to see them again for this album...It is so good!
Most Underrated band.
Jesus Christ how good it is! 🔥🔥🔥
Song of the year for me. Can’t wait for the album.
superb....! perfect timing for this to drop, and it's just amazing....
A thunderous return. More mature and older, Arab Strap's become Genet writing grindcore shorts you can dance to.
Wow this sounds amazing.
Played this on bbc6 music yesterday. Not heard this bunch for years! Brilliant song and definitely quite apt!
Just heard Aiden being interviewed by Jo this evening radio 2, and it seems he is a big Girls Aloud fan?!! And had a passion for Belinda Carlisle!!
Love this , feels good to hear new material from them 👌
love it all, vocals and video - welcome back
awww wish it was whole album! thank you for this single though, love it
The intro is like a black metal opener. Class song
Superb Fantastic Brilliant And More!!
Unreal tune...
That's bloody magnificent!
Great to see Arab Strap back! Beautiful sorrow at its very best! X
It's like a man coming back from the dead to find his lover in the waking world
What an amazing song...
This song ias a masterpiece!
Utterly magnificent what a return!!!
Best thing I've heard in ages
Absolutely yes!
El dúo escocés formado por Aidan Moffat y Malcolm Middleton siguen en activo después de más de diecisiete años de alianza musical con sus tortuosas historias de sexo y adicciones. Su alianza se rompió en 2005, tras seis discos, para seguir caminos por separado, pero si han regresado ha sido por decisión propia y porque tenían algo que contar. Arab Strap editan un disco espléndido, en el que a pesar de que son ya cincuentones vuelven a exprimir la noche y ahogan sus últimas penas en el fondo de un vaso. No me llaméis exagerado, pero "As Days Get Dark" es uno de sus mejores discos, algo que se atestigua desde “The Turning Of Our Bones”, la canción que abre el álbum, cinco minutos de recitado melancólico de Aidan Moffat, un tema inspirado en un macabro ritual de Madagascar. El disco avanza con esas texturas que se entremezclan entre lo orgánico y lo sintético. Arab Strap son inimitables y por nuestro bien esperamos que podamos seguir disfrutando de ellos por mucho tiempo más.
Música independiente novedades.
the best song of the year
Class new tune, good to have them back
The Scottish thriller . Gorgeous
Love it
Great.
Just great.
Thank you
Holy shit! welcome back..we need you now more than ever
A joy. A return. A choon.The gleeful subtitles are the icing on the knife.