http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5173&rws=%2Farab-strap%2Fdiscography.rssLike Leonard Cohen, Arab Strap deserve credit for creating songs that don't merely sound unadorned; somehow, they sound nude. Their simplicity heightens both their emotional directness and eroticism so that in the end we understand this isn't just another man baring his soul -- this is a man baring all. Nearly every song is told from the point of view of a lover speaking to his beloved. The absence of any third party is so total that some may find these songs too smothering, too disgustingly self-contained. Tiny details of the outside world do filter in, but time and place for the most part remain intangible. Fittingly, the songs are usually structured around a simple loop dovetailing into a bare minimum of instrumentation. It's as if everything in this music exists to rescue from time a single moment and suspend it in the precious amber of memory and song, where it may be lived and re-lived endlessly. - Chad DriscollIndie/Alternativeen720Tue, 8 Dec 2009 22:01:03 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5173&rws=%2Farab-strap%2Fdiscography.rss Like Leonard Cohen, Arab Strap deserve credit for creating songs that don't merely sound unadorned; somehow, they sound nude. Their simplicity heightens both their emotional directness and eroticism so that in the end we understand this isn't just another man baring his soul -- this is a man baring all. Nearly every song is told from the point of view of a lover speaking to his beloved. The absence of any third party is so total that some may find these songs too smothering, too disgustingly self-contained. Tiny details of the outside world do filter in, but time and place for the most part remain intangible. Fittingly, the songs are usually structured around a simple loop dovetailing into a bare minimum of instrumentation. It's as if everything in this music exists to rescue from time a single moment and suspend it in the precious amber of memory and song, where it may be lived and re-lived endlessly. - Chad Driscoll http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.9284558&rws=%2Farab-strap%2Fdiscography.rss Indie/Alternative Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Arab Strap Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.9284558 alb.9284558 Arab Strap art.5173 9.99 The Last Romance alb.9284558 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/7/3/0/1800372_170x170.jpg 2009-05-12 00:00:00.0 2006-02-14 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.9284558&rws=%2Farab-strap%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.9284558&variant=data&rws=%2Farab-strap%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.270721&rws=%2Farab-strap%2Fdiscography.rss Indie/Alternative Tue, 22 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Arab Strap Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.270721 alb.270721 Arab Strap art.5173 8.99 Monday at the Hug and Pint alb.270721 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/5/8/5/565857_170x170.jpg 2003-04-22 00:00:00.0 2003-04-22 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.270721&rws=%2Farab-strap%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.270721&variant=data&rws=%2Farab-strap%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.96762&rws=%2Farab-strap%2Fdiscography.rss Indie/Alternative Tue, 27 Feb 2001 00:00:00 -0800 Arab Strap Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.96762 alb.96762 Arab Strap art.5173 8.99 The Red Thread alb.96762 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/4/7/7/497749_170x170.jpg 2001-02-27 00:00:00.0 2001-02-27 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.96762&rws=%2Farab-strap%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.96762&variant=data&rws=%2Farab-strap%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.134996&rws=%2Farab-strap%2Fdiscography.rss Indie/Alternative Tue, 19 May 1998 00:00:00 -0700 Arab Strap Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.134996 alb.134996 Arab Strap art.5173 8.99 Philophobia alb.134996 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/5/6/1/511654_170x170.jpg 1998-05-19 00:00:00.0 1998-05-19 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.134996&rws=%2Farab-strap%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.134996&variant=data&rws=%2Farab-strap%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.100286&rws=%2Farab-strap%2Fdiscography.rss Indie/Alternative Tue, 23 Jun 1998 00:00:00 -0700 Arab Strap Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.100286 alb.100286 Arab Strap art.5173 8.99 The Week Never Starts Round Here alb.100286 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/1/2/0/510213_170x170.jpg 1998-06-23 00:00:00.0 1996-01-01 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.100286&rws=%2Farab-strap%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.100286&variant=data&rws=%2Farab-strap%2Fdiscography.rss