First Aid Kit -Winter Is All Over You.wmv

First Aid Kits -"The big Black and the Blue" is out on 25th January 2010
By Jess Grant on Wednesday, 9th December 2009
First Aid Kit (side)I initially fell in love with Swedish sisters, First Aid Kit, a few months back having caught their amazing cover of Fleet Foxes Tiger Mountain Peasant Song over on YouTube. I was instantly struck by the undeniable talent of these two young girls, the both of them possessing fantastically strong voices, as well as some enviable finger picking guitar skills. Alas, I was super excited when TGTF were sent their debut album for review this week. Released next January and titled The Big Black and the Blue, Klara and Johanna are certainly set on sprinkling folktastic joy upon their audience in 2010.

Track one, In The Morning, introduces listeners to the siblings beautifully rich, now trademark harmonies. A stripped back number, the sisters textured voices pleasantly wash over each other as a humble acoustic strums in the distance. The hearty thuds of the album start to kick in around track three Sailor Song. Quite an apt name for this sea shanty of a number the raw percussion and melodic acoustic ultimately spinning it into a real folk foot stomper. The fairytale-like Waltz For Richard, meanwhile, displays Klara and Johannas crisp, yodelling voices to perfection, as a fragile finger picking sequence tinkers in the distance. The flute-led I Met Up With A King showcases First Aid Kits fantastically charming lyricism, as well as their surprisingly gruffer-sided vocals. Track six, Ghost Town, is a haunting ballad placed amid the album, complimented by a weezing accordion, as well as a starry piano which hovers above the songs sedative chorus. A Window Opens swaying melody, meanwhile, has itself an element of woodland waltz about it, while the light and fluffy Will of the Rivers acoustic wisps wrap the album up more than nicely.

First Aid Kit have an undoubted ability to capture an essence of magic in their music. Their earthy soundscape makes you feel like walking through a green forest in a fairisle jumper, surrounded by mystical fairies as friends. Their perfectly crafted folk is dream-like, warming to the bones, and most importantly, genuine. One criticism Id share would be the girls heavy reliance on their harmonies, resulting in the vox growing a little heavy on some tracks. But the talent these Soderberg sisters possess is sparkling, and all they can do from here is grow and grow. Long live the First Aid Kit!

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• Aid
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• Winter
• Is
• All
• Over
• You

[TheEndKing]

Haunting and radical, dude.

[frostiestastegreat]

this is probably there best song yet.

[ArwenUndomiel90]

I've clicked replay like a 100 times...

[TheLegendaryTim]

Sounds very much like Jenny Lewis (Rilo Kiley) which is not surprising since they bothhave worked with Conor Oberst. Good sound.

[cbalbinojr215]

again got to love this girls....

[CanadianOwner]

@hitshitwithsticks I know they words are just so like wersdfg

[CanadianOwner]

This song literally haunts me in my sleep I love it oh my godd]

[Tennis4Eve]

Amazing...! i will never get tired of there music!

[773SleepyHollow]

I"m asking for FAK's first 2 discs for Christmas, and will buy their new one in January... I buy literally about 2% as many CD's as I used to, but FAK is so good that they still make the cut.

[ilovemelslasagne]

Absolutely svensational

[theacademyisforeva]

it's beautiful !