"The plan was to make twenty 90-second tracks designed as TV themes," says Arab Strap"s Aidan Moffat, of the initial thought behind his new instrumental album as Nyx Nótt "But it wasn"t a satisfying listen, it was too gimmicky and silly". The result is a record that explores genre themes such as: "Thriller, "Porno", "Caper" and"Swashbuckler", and acts as an audio equivalent of channel hopping through a unique TV station programmed by Moffat. "I still wasn"t sure about all this until I did the album cover, which brought it all together," he says, of the artwork that places an old smashed TV unit front and centre with a woman perched on top. "It has echoes of old TV compilations but is pretty cheeky and slightly sexy in that old 70s compilation style. I wanted this one to look a bit more fun than the last one, as well as hopefully sound a bit more fun too."