Malcolm Middleton (left) and Aidan Moffat of Arab Strap. Photos courtesy of the artists.
Arab Strap have announced a new album titled I’m totally fine with it 👍 don’t give a fuck anymore 👍. Due out May 10, it will be the Scottish duo’s second LP since their 2021 return from a 16-year hiatus. Like that year’s As Days Get Dark, the new record is scheduled to arrive via Mogwai’s Rock Action Records.
Along with I’m totally fine…’s announcement, Arab Strap have shared the projects lead single, “Bliss,” an ominous but irresistible rock/disco hybrid that addresses the dystopian chaos into which internet discourse at large has descended since the band’s beginnings in the mid ’90s. “It’s about women being terrorized online,” vocalist Aidan Moffat explains. “It’s about cowardice and bigotry. It’s about how we expose ourselves on social platforms while hiding alone at home. But you can dance to it too!”
“Bliss” comes with a music video from Glasgow-based director Ains starring Edinburgh-based dancer Molly Scott Danter, who writhes across a tiled platform in an abandoned office space, in front of a wall of windows that look out over a cityscape at night.
Watch the clip and stream the song on its own below. Scroll further to find the cover art and tracklist for I’m totally fine with it 👍 don’t give a fuck anymore 👍, as well as Arab Strap’s upcoming live dates.
I’m totally fine with it 👍 don’t give a fuck anymore 👍 album art and tracklist
1. Allatonceness
2. Bliss
3. Sociometer Blues
4. Hide Your Fires
5. Summer Season
6. Molehills
7. Strawberry Moon
8. You’re Not There
9. Haven’t You Heard
10. Safe & Well
11. Dreg Queen
12. Turn Off The Light
Arab Strap 2024 tour dates
May 20 - Carlisle, UK - The Brickyard
May 21 - Sunderland, UK - Fire Station
May 22 - Birmingham, UK - Castle & Falcon
May 23 - Bristol, UK - Lantern
May 24 - London, UK - Koko
May 25 - Manchester, UK - Gorilla
May 26 - Leeds, UK - Brudenell
September 21 - Glasgow, SC - Barrowland Ballroom