“It's about hopelessness and darkness,” says Aidan Moffat. “But in a fun way.” The Arab Strap frontman is speaking about the band's 7th studio album, As Days Get Dark—their first since 2005's The Last Romance . The band who bought you the classic and legendary "The First Big Weekend" return with new music for the first time in 15 years. “It's definitely Arab Strap, but an older and wiser one, and quite probably a better one.” The first track lifted from the new album “The Turning of Our Bones” saw a much welcome return to form and proved very much that Arab Strap are back from the grave and ready to rave!

As the band’s Malcolm Middleton told the Guardian newspaper when they profiled the band upon news of their return, “There's no point getting back together to release mediocrity.” As Days Get Dark is out now on CD from Rock Action Records, with the vinyl due to be released on April 23, 2021.