ARAB STRAP

As Days Get Dark (ROCK ACTION)

The Falkirk duo began their first album in 16 years very much on brand, Aidan Moffat intoning, “I don’t give a fuck about the past.” This seventh Arab Strap album stayed true to their original M.O. – hardboiled Caledonian reportage from the morning-after squalor – while also acknowledging a new, middle-aged emotional candour; witness Moffat’s tender confessions of being a father on the road, Tears On Tour. Standout track: The Turning Of Our Bones