in order to eternally contemplate my intrinsic ugliness
polit–rock and progressive / folky sounds with some eastern influences
Recorded at Flegel’s Realistik Studios in Toronto and featuring younger brother Andrew Flegel on drums
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
the group—who were almost all in their late teens—laid down some tracks at Ripcord Studios
ARAB STRAP - Philophobia 2LP tropicalia in order to eternally contemplateOriginally 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,