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Arab Strap

Indie rock
Indie rock

Arab Strap is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Will Oldham, The Delgados and Smog. Those roots explain a lot about how Arab Strap arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Low, The Twilight Sad, Bedhead, The Wedding Present and Idaho, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sons and Daughters and Architecture in Helsinki, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Arab Strap, reaching back through Will Oldham and forward to Sons and Daughters. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Arab Strap are a Scottish indie rock band whose core members are Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton. The band were signed to independent record label Chemikal Underground, split in 2006 and reformed in 2016. The band signed to Rock Action Records in 2020.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Arab StrapWill OldhamThe DelgadosSmogSons and DaughtersArchitecture in Hels…LowThe Twilight SadBedheadThe Wedding PresentIdahoCodeineThe American Analog …King Hannah

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Arab Strap connections

Arab Strap grew out of Will Oldham, The Delgados and Smog, shares an orbit with Low, The Twilight Sad, Bedhead and The Wedding Present, went on to shape Sons and Daughters and Architecture in Helsinki. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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