Arab Strap have unveiled Strawberry Moon as the second single from their excellently-titled forthcoming album I’m totally fine with it 👍 don’t give a fuck anymore 👍, with an accompanying video featuring band members Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton portraying a priest and a werewolf in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse across the streets of Glasgow.
The video marks the first time the duo have fully appeared in a video together in almost 25 years.
"Aye, it's been a while," Moffat says. "So we thought we should go all out – costumes, make-up, special effects, acting, mobility scooter and all."
“Lyrically, it's maybe the most personal song on the album,” Moffat adds, “about a period when I wasn't doing very well, both mentally and physically. I was walking with a cane and in pain most of the time, and drowning my sorrows too, trapped at home and watching the phases of the moon through a window. The moon always seems to pop up in my lyrics, and the song's a sort of secular hymn in praise of her constant change. She's always a comfort, always hopeful, and always makes me smile.”
Watch the video below.
