ARAB STRAP - Philophobia 2LP tropicalia Completely unhinged yet tight and

Completely unhinged yet tight and in the pocket

vocals get wrapped in reverb

the group—who were almost all in their late teens—laid down some tracks at Ripcord Studios

because that Wagner-referencing name is a pseudonym for the collaboration of German synth wizard Klaus Schulze and the original psychedelic Fireman Arthur Brown himself

Volume 3 of Serge Gainsbourg translations

ARAB STRAP - Philophobia 2LP tropicalia Completely unhinged yet tight andOriginally released in 1998 on Chemical Underground, this is music that is bleak but beautiful, full of dread and toxic nostalgia, and dotted with repentance, impotence, and wounded male ego. Philophobia, Arab Straps sophomore slam dunk released in the spring of 1998, begins with one of the most memorable opening lines in all of indie rock: It was the biggest cock youd ever seen, but youve no idea where that cock has been. So begins an album that,