Scottish singer/songwriter Aidan John Moffat is the ultimate collaborator, having been a member of various groups over the past two decades, including MAGNET fave Arab Strap (1996-2006). For “If You Keep Me In Your Heart,” the first single off Everything’s Getting Older (Chemikal Underground), Moffat teams up with Bill Wells in yet another demonstration of collaborative prowess. Moffat’s heart-tugging vocals and lyrics, wielded with a Belle & Sebastain-like deftness, are mirrored by the very literal heart pumping in the video, juxtaposed with clips of a yearning, mary-janes-and-milkshakes girl in a movie you’d probably flip past on a Saturday afternoon. The crisp piano strokes and percussion are punctuated by a climaxing trumpet solo that provides the depth and weight to move the song past heart-palpitating crush status and makes you feel warm and content by the end.
