Ten Years of Tears

by Arab Strap

Ten Years of Tears cover art

Serving as an extensive retrospective document, 'Ten Years of Tears' compiles a rich assortment of rarities, single edits, and unreleased live cuts to celebrate a decade of the duo's turbulent creative output. The compilation traces their evolution from lo-fi bedroom experiments to polished, beat-driven indietronica and lush chamber pop. It acts as a definitive showcase of their signature blend of vulgar, dryly delivered spoken-word realism and rich, melancholic instrumentation.

Genres

  • Indie Pop
  • Slowcore
  • Indie Rock
  • Indietronica

Tracklist

  1. Preface: Set the Scene
  2. Islands - Original 1995 Demo
  3. The First Big Weekend
  4. Gilded - Live
  5. I Saw You
  6. The Clearing
  7. Packs of Three - Peel Session
  8. (Afternoon) Soaps
  9. Rocket, Take Your Turn
  10. To All a Good Night
  11. Turbulence - Bis Remix Radio Edit
  12. The Shy Retirer
  13. Blood - Live
  14. If There's No Hope for Us - Rogue Version
  15. Where We've Left Our Love
  16. The Girl I Loved Before I Fucked
  17. Oxytocin
  18. There Is No Ending
  19. It'a a Heartache
  20. Bon Voyage