Big Black & the Blue

First Aid Kit | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 25, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wichita Records
• ASIN: B002SIWNMA
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,577 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A high lonesome sound; check out their free online concert, March 15, 2011

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Thomas E. Davis (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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Swedish may be their native language, but this group produces great American folk music. It's not bluegrass, but it's similarly plaintive and primitive. The more I listen, the more it moves me.

Sisters Klara and Johanna Soderberg have powerful voices that entwine with one another in perfect harmony. Their instrumentation is simple and spare, and their lyrics, alternately mournful and exultant, reflect on the meaning of our lives and relationships.

In 2010, First Aid Kit performed at South by Southwest in Texas and at Amoeba Music in California. A 12-minute, three-song performance is available for online viewing at the Amoeba Music Video Gallery. If you'd like to see them live, buy their album and encourage them to make a US tour!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First Aid Kit Rules!, March 14, 2011

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photodad "photodad" (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews

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First Aid Kit is my new favorite band. Their harmonies are amazing and their voices are awesome! They're two young girls from Stockholm who write most of their own songs. The songs are well written both musically and lyrically. They tend to be folksy, though very different from some of the old mainstream folkies like Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger. The songs are beautiful, poignant, and somehow mature beyond the years of the girls. I listen to both this album and their other album, Drunken Trees, all the time. My only reservation is that their studio performances are not quite as good as some of the live performances they've put on YouTube. This CD is better recorded than Drunken Trees. If you love harmony, you have to check them out.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A refreshing change, January 28, 2011

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high hopes gardens (Central Iowa) - See all my reviews

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I'm seldom so bewitched by a group. I'm an easy mark for strong female voices like Patty Griffin, Emmy Lou and others in that genre and this group is near the top. The music is, well, just good music, wonderful harmonies and the girls are amazingly centered and seem to be singing for themselves, rather than an audience. Check out the youtube videos of them in the woods singing "You're not coming home tonight." They don't make it to the states much, but were a showcase artist at SXSW last year.