Flutter is the B-side single off Arab Strap’s 7" single bundled together with Aphelion on side A, which released on January 13, 2022.
This special 7" had a March 4th release, on the anniversary of the duo’s comeback album As Days Get Dark, released just a year before and it features two songs writt...
[Verse 1]
I brightened every room, I was fun to be around
I always had a smile and helping hands
I was passionate, political, I was thoughtful and polite
I was a good son from a loving home
[Verse 2]
I took my mum to Zumba, planted [?] with my dad
I had a girlfriend, we were making plans
I sang the karaoke, played five-a-side weekends
And I was always good with numbers
[Chorus]
Fortunes flow, flashing through the night
Won't let me live
Sticks alone, but still she's taken
All I've got to give
[Verse 3]
I skipped a lecture with a pocket full of change
From a flock, to a flutter, to a fix
In the dark alone, spinning slots on my phone
I knew I wasn't donе
[Chorus]
Fortunes flow, flashing through the night
Won't let mе live
Sticks alone, but now she's taken
All I've got to give
[Verse 4]
They opened my attachment and found me in the forest
Swaying in a sea of whispering trees
The sky was pink, the crows were keeling
I left no debt behind
Flutter was written by Malcolm Middleton & Aidan Moffat.
Arab Strap released Flutter on Fri Mar 04 2022.
In a statement about the two As Days Get Dark outtake singles shared by the press including Clash Music, Aidan Moffat claims:
These two songs were written, recorded and mixed during the sessions for As Days Get Dark but as much as we loved them, we couldn’t find a place for them on the final album....