{"product_id":"arab-strap-half-told-tales","title":"Arab Strap – Half-Told Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlmost thirty years after their first single The First Big Weekend, Arab Strap return with Half-Told Tales, the ninth studio album from Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton. Released through Rock Action Records, the record follows 2024’s acclaimed I’m totally fine with it don’t give a fuck anymore and continues the duo’s singular mixture of dark humour, close observation and emotionally charged storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHalf-Told Tales moves through sharply contrasting moods. Quiet, brooding passages sit beside heavier and more physical moments, including material the band themselves describe in terms as extreme as a disco-metal incantation. That breadth is central to Arab Strap’s appeal: intimate writing and deadpan wit can turn suddenly into something abrasive, funny, uncomfortable or unexpectedly danceable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album includes the single You You You and was recorded with long-time collaborator Paul Savage, whose credits include Mogwai, Belle and Sebastian and Franz Ferdinand. The partnership gives the record a sense of continuity while leaving room for Moffat and Middleton to keep testing the edges of the Arab Strap sound. Fourteen tracks including I Get Noise, Glamour Magick, Dollar Park, Ampersand and Beats Per Minute make this a substantial double-vinyl set.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rock Action Records","offers":[{"title":"Yellow Vinyl","offer_id":58434099052918,"sku":"ROCKACT173LPX","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black Vinyl","offer_id":58434099085686,"sku":"ROCKACT173LP","price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/6450\/6005\/files\/halftoldtales.webp?v=1786450260","url":"https:\/\/www.stickyblacktarmac.com\/products\/arab-strap-half-told-tales","provider":"Sticky Black Tarmac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}