Arab Strap – (Afternoon) Soaps (1998)

Arab Strap bring their initial residence at Chemikal Underground to an end with this final collection, revamping ‘Soaps’ from ‘Philophobia’ with extra beats and string samples to produce ‘Afternoon Soaps’. Shortly after the release of this EP, Arab Strap signed to Go! Beat, completing their transformation from bedroom bards of Falkirk to much lauded labelmates of the eye-patched songstress Gabrielle…




Portishead with the New York Philharmonic – Roads (1997)

1

Roseland NYC Live is a live album by Portishead with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, mixed with (future Coldplay and Kasabian producer) Rik Simpson. It was released in 1998 by Go! Discs/London. A PAL format VHS video was released the same year, with a DVD version following four years later.