Forgoing the obvious take on the weekend bender, debauchery is simply background for this tale of adolescent complications and casual bliss. Staring with our Scotsman narrator doing his “sound bloke” routine by telling his ex-girlfriend’s new beau that he hopes there would be no animosity between them, soon realizing he shouldn’t have bothered, what follows is a play-by-play retelling of the first big weekend of a crucial summer.

Arab Strap – The First Big Weekend 4:53 mins/ 160 kbps/ 5.60 MB

The remix by Kieran Hebden under his Four Tet moniker sticks to the intent of the original, while giving it an unobtrusive electronic makeover.

Arab Strap – The First Big Weekend (Four Tet Remix) 4:47 mins/ 160 kbps/ 5.48 MB