Public record

Arab Strap

Rock | Falkirk | since 1995

british
classic pop and rock
indie
indie rock
indietronica
post-rock
Rock/Pop
sadcore

Shows, releases and artist details collected from 11 credited sources. This public record does not confirm booking availability. Source links accompany the published facts.

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Shows on record

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Rooms played

1995

On record since

Releases

Photos, art and posters

Logo — TheAudioDB

Arab Strap — Philophobia Undressed — Release art · Philophobia Undressed — release

Arab Strap — Encrypted Valentines — Release art · Encrypted Valentines — release

Arab Strap — As Days Get Dark / Demos — Release art · As Days Get Dark / Demos — release

Arab Strap — The Summer Has Ended: Tascam Demos 1995 — Release art · The Summer Has Ended: Tascam Demos 1995 — release

Arab Strap — The Frog Tape (Demos 1995) — Release art · The Frog Tape (Demos 1995) — release

Arab Strap — Live (1997) — Release art · Live (1997) — release

Arab Strap — Astoria '98 — Release art · Astoria '98 — release

Arab Strap — Changes — Release art · Changes — release

Lineup

Former

Malcolm Middleton
Aidan Moffat

Releases

HT
Half‐Told Tales
2026 · album
HT
Half-Told Tales
2026
Philophobia Undressed
Sep 5, 2025 · album · 13 tracks
Encrypted Valentines
May 2, 2025 · album · 9 tracks
EV
Encrypted Valentines
2025 · compilation
EV
Encrypted Valentines
2025
PU
Philophobia Undressed
2025
IT
I’m totally fine with it 👍 don’t give a fuck anymore 👍
2024 · album
IT
I'm Totally Fine With It 👍 Don't Give A Fuck Anymore 👍
2024
PD
Philophobia Dissected.
2023
AP
Aphelion
2022
As Days Get Dark / Demos
Sep 13, 2021 · album · 11 tracks
AD
As Days Get Dark
2021 · album
AD
As Days Get Dark / Demos
2021 · compilation
AD
As Days Get Dark
2021
AD
As Days Get Dark / Demos
2021
The Summer Has Ended: Tascam Demos 1995
May 1, 2020 · album · 14 tracks
The Frog Tape (Demos 1995)
May 1, 2020 · album · 5 tracks
Live (1997)
May 1, 2020 · album · 2 tracks
AS
Accelerator: Stockholm 2001
2020 · album
A'
Astoria '98
2020 · album
LI
Live in Liverpool 2005
2020 · album
SB
Sanitised Broadcasts 99–03
2020 · compilation
TF
The Frog Tape (Demos 1995)
2020 · compilation
TS
The Summer Has Ended: Tascam Demos 1995
2020 · compilation
FB
First Big Weekends
2020
A'
Astoria '98
2020
AS
Arab Strap
2016 · compilation
SO
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
2010 · compilation
TY
Ten Years of Tears
2006 · compilation
2A
2004-10-16: Acoustic Request Show: Nice 'n' Sleazy, Glasgow, UK
2005 · album
TL
The Last Romance
2005 · album
MA
Monday at the Hug & Pint
2003 · album
TC
The Cunted Circus
2003 · album
TR
The Red Thread
2001 · album
ES
Elephant Shoe
1999 · album
MF
Mad for Sadness
1999 · album
SI
Singles
1999 · compilation
PH
Philophobia
1998 · album
TW
The Week Never Starts Round Here
1996 · album
CD
Coming Down
1995 · album
Astoria '98
album
Changes
track
D(
Deeper (Live 1998)
track
MT
Mitchell Theatre 12•11•99 (Rough Mixes)
album
SB
Sanitised Broadcasts 99-03
album
IY
Instrumentals Y2K
album
LI
Live in Melbourne 1: Punters Club
album
LI
Live in Melbourne 2: Corner Hotel
album
AS
Accelerator: Stockholm 2001
album
SA
Sunday at the Hug & Pint (Demos 2002)
album

Airplay

KEXP airplay: 50+ plays, 2017-04-06–2026-09-10 — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'The Morning Show' (John Richards) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'The Afternoon Show' (Larry Mizell, Jr.) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Drive Time' (Evie Stokes) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Variety Mix' (Morgan) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Early' (Eva Walker) — KEXP

Artist background

Arab Strap formed in 1995 — MusicBrainz
Arab Strap is based in Falkirk — MusicBrainz
Malcolm Middleton: member (former member) — MusicBrainz
Aidan Moffat: member (former member) — MusicBrainz
Arab Strap has 25 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 1995–2026 — MusicBrainz
Arab Strap is based in Scotland, UK — Arab Strap on Bandcamp
Latest release on Bandcamp: Philophobia Undressed (2025-09-05) — Bandcamp
Arab Strap is from Falkirk , Stirlingshire , Scotland — Wikipedia
Arab Strap has 2 members: Aidan Moffat, Malcolm Middleton — Wikipedia
Arab Strap plays Slowcore — Wikipedia
Arab Strap plays indie rock — Wikipedia
Arab Strap plays post-rock — Wikipedia
Arab Strap has 317559 listeners on Last.fm — Arab Strap on Last.fm
Arab Strap has released 10 recordings between 2020 and 2026 — Arab Strap on Discogs
Arab Strap has 12 followers on Genius — Arab Strap on Genius
Google Knowledge Graph descriptor: Rock band — Arab Strap — Google Knowledge Graph
Canonical Wikipedia article (per Google KG): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Strap — Arab Strap on Wikipedia (per Google KG)
Wikipedia article length (per Google KG, characters): 255 — Arab Strap — entity-richness signal
Google Knowledge Graph entity id: kg:/m/03hmdr — Arab Strap — KG entity
Country (per TheAudioDB): Falkirk, United Kindom — Arab Strap on TheAudioDB
Formed 1995 (Wikidata inception) — Wikidata
Origin: Falkirk (Wikidata) — Wikidata
Genres per Wikidata: indie rock — Wikidata
Members per Wikidata: Aidan Moffat, Malcolm Middleton — Wikidata
Labels per Wikidata: Chemikal Underground, Rock Action Records — Wikidata
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Strap — Wikidata

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Sources & corrections

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. Use the credited links to check the source.

Last updated: 2026-09-19
Sources: Bandcamp, Discogs, Genius, google kg, KEXP, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, TheAudioDB, Twitch, Wikidata, Wikipedia

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