Arab Strap Keep Listeners Guessing on Comeback Album 'As Days Get Dark' Published Mar 02, 2021 8 "I don't give a fuck about the past, the glory days gone by." When it comes to Arab Strap, it seems like there's no other reasonable way to start off their comeback album. After a prolonged hiatus, the Scotlanders returned to the studio to create the aptly titled As Days Get Dark; their first LP since 2005's excellent send-off (and equally aptly titled) Even before the turn of the millennium, Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton helped define the sound of '00s underground indie, from the post-rock pacing that would be also adopted by Mogwai to the tongue-twisting speak-sing of the Streets and the synth splendor of M83. So that's why, as the noughties revival starts to gear up, there's no better time for the duo to stage their return.