With their first new album in 16 years arriving this Friday, now is the perfect time to investigate Arab Strap and why they are one of the UK’s most beloved underground bands. They take Rob Hakimian through their discography, from regular weekends ‘on a permo’, to reckoning with the green-eyed monster, to their recent rejuvenation
Shye Ben Tzur, whose new album Junun featuring Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, 19 folk musicians from India and production from Nigel Godrich producing, speaks to Akhil Sood about recording inside a 15th century fort in India and the mechanics of fusing contrasting musical disciplines