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The Summer Has Ended: Tascam Demos 1995

by Arab Strap

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Islands 01:32
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Meatloaf 01:43
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Soaps One 03:57
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Wasting 04:41
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Oxytocin 03:27
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Birds 03:27
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Soaps Two 03:45
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Love Songs 03:59
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Bon Voyage 03:19
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When You Go 03:44

about

Our very early demos, recorded on Stuart the Postman's Tascam 4-Track Portastudio. Oxytocin and The Summer Has Ended were the first two songs we ever wrote, played and recorded all at once, on a wet Thursday afternoon in Stuart's flat (we think we also recorded Deeper that day but neither of us can find it). Later, Stuart let us borrow the Tascam, and it lived in Aidan's bedroom for some time – that's what you can see on the cover, the first Strap studio at Aidan's (parents') house, in among the Star Wars toys and VHS tapes (just to the left, there was a drum kit too).

We definitely recorded more than these (as well as The Frog Tape), but we think those tracks may be lost forever. But if they do ever turn up, we can always update the album here.

credits

released May 1, 2020

Malcolm Middleton – guitar, vocals, keys etc.
Aidan Moffat – vocals, drums, keys etc.

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Arab Strap Scotland, UK

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