Description
Label Review.
1998 album.
Our Overview.
Twenty-one years after its initial release, the Scottish alternative rock band Arab Strap’s second album ‘Philophobia’ is reissued on vinyl, having been out of print for twenty years. The 2LP heavyweight vinyl comes in a wide-spined sleeve and includes a digital download card.
‘Philophobia’ was recorded on the outskirts of Glasgow in the early incarnation of CHEM19 Studios with engineer/producer Paul Savage and at Cava Studios in Glasgow with engineer Geoff Allan. Initially released in 1998, it was the follow up to the band’s 1996 debut ‘The Week Never Starts Round Here’.
From the band who created raw,folk-edged tinged indie music, instrumentally ambitious, ‘Philophobia’ is adorned with sepulchral guitar, trumpet, cello and Scottish rainfall, providing a most beautiful backdrop to Aidan Moffat’s bold lyrical presentation as he articulates experiences most of us are too embarrassed to even think about; confessional, intimate, insightful and hilarious, ‘Philophobia’ remains a literate & musical revelation.
‘Philophobia’ - (from Greek: "φιλέω-φιλώ" - love - and "φοβία" - phobia), is the fear of falling in love / emotional attachment.
Track Listing: Calescent / Beyond The Dust / Flowerbed / Triplet / Lacuna / The Human Mosaic / Ochre Alps / The Smallest Sliver