Arab Strap To Reissue 1996 Album | The Quietus

Arab Strap To Reissue 1996 Album

'The Week Never Starts Round Here' has been remastered from its original tapes for the new release

Arab Strap are set to reissue their 1996 album The Week Never Starts Round Here.

The vinyl reissue will feature the album, which was the duo’s debut, fully remastered from the original tapes. You can listen to a sampler of the remastered tracks above.

The duo, made up of Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton, previously reunited in 2016, following their disbadnment after 2005 album The Last Romance, playing live shows throughout that year and in 2017.

The reissue of The Week Never Starts Round Here will be released on September 13 via Chemikal Underground in the UK and Europe and 1972 Records in North America.

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