ARAB STRAP The Last Romance (2005 UK 10-track CD album - Their first studio release in over 2 years and clocking in at just over 35 minutes, this is shorter than previous Arab Strap outings and with songs like 'Dream Sequence', 'Speed:Date' and 'There Is No Ending' we're confronted with a more buoyant, upbeat and driven Arab Strap than we've heard in quite some time. While retaining their knack for vivid and eloquent storytelling, 'The Last Romance' barrells out of the speakers with an assured urgency – engagingly melodic and in some cases, floor-fillingly danceable)