As Days Get Dark
by Arab Strap
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84

Universal acclaim - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
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  1. The Skinny
    Mar 2, 2021
    60
    Arab Strap’s first studio album together since 2005’s The Last Romance is marked by a feeling of not quite-ness; everything’s there but it just doesn’t quite click into its potential at many points. A good half of the record treads in similar ground to opener and comeback single The Turning of Our Bones; drum machines, faintly angular guitar arpeggios and Moffat’s largely spoken dissection of middle age.

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#63 Best Album of 2021

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8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. RandomFactor
    Mar 8, 2021
    10
    Arab Strap return with their best work yet. A dark and thrilling record filled with sly humour, tangible regret and punishing emotional honesty.
  2. Ricko
    Feb 23, 2022
    8
    Simple but so effective, Arab Strap's formula hits all the right spots here and is the ideal soundtrack to life in the Western World in theSimple but so effective, Arab Strap's formula hits all the right spots here and is the ideal soundtrack to life in the Western World in the early 2020's. There are half a dozen individual highlights but all the tracks work together to make what is arguably the outfits finest record.… Full Review »
  3. hausoflilluis
    Sep 12, 2021
    8
    As the minutes go by, that difficult-to-interpret sound takes shape and enters you as something already known and recognized. I am pleased toAs the minutes go by, that difficult-to-interpret sound takes shape and enters you as something already known and recognized. I am pleased to have a first listen to the band with this album. It is absorbing the presentation of the creativity from Arab Strap after a decade that they don't get together. It may take time to understand what they say, but the atmospheric sensation is merely familiar.

    fav tracks: "Compersion, Pt. 1", "Bluebird", "Kebabylon", "Tears On Tour" & "I Was Once a Weak Man"
    KEY-TRACK: "Fable of the Urban Fox"    … Full Review »
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