First Aid Kit - Drunken Trees

‘Hottest Acts of 09’ The Sun
“Blessed with the voices of plaid-clad angels” The Guardian
“Beautiful, Appalachian country meets 50’s pop” The Fly
“Drunken Trees showcases the sisters’ angelic voices and their way with a melody” Metro
“Sweet, lovable and infectious” Plan B

The Swedish duo First Aid Kit comprises sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg (born 1990 and 1993, respectively), hailing from Enskede, a suburb south of Stockholm. Yes, they are very young, but the pure music they create speaks of bygone times and old souls. The emphasis is on narrative lyrics accompanying playful melodies with intense, dense harmonies.

The musical journey of Klara and Johanna began with singing along to the pop songs that leaked into their childhood home, radio hits by Britney, Christina and so on. However, it was not until happening upon the music of such venerable artists as Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan, that the sisters discovered how music that could touch them in a way that those radio songs could not.  
The music of First Aid Kit. It has the feel of forest folk songs, full of enchanting storytelling, and as on EP highlight ‘Jagadamba, You Might’ a sense of compelling, ancient mystery. Their music has much in common with artists like Devendra Banhart, Bright Eyes, Joanna Newsom, Karen Dalton or The Carter Family.
At 13, Klara was given her first guitar, and the sisters started playing music and composing songs together in the spring of 2007. The first lyrics, melodies and harmonies came quite quickly. Then came another song. And another. And another.
The warm ember glow of ‘Tangerine’ was recorded at home and sent it to a Swedish radio hoping it would get attention. It immediately went on air and was listed as one of the best songs of the summer 2007. In April 2008, First Aid Kit’s 7 track debut EP ‘Drunken Trees’ was first released in Sweden on The Knife’s label, Rabid Records. Wichita Recordings is re-releasing ‘Drunken Trees’ with a bonus track, the sensational and much You-Tubed cover of Fleet Foxes’ ‘Tiger Mountain Peasant Song’

TRACKLISTING:

(1) Little moon
(2) You’re Not Coming Home Tonight
(3) Tangerine
(4) Jagadamba, you Might
(5) Our Own Pretty Ways
(6) Pervigilo
(7) Cross Oceans
(8) Tiger Mountain Peasant Song (Plus 2 x enhanced videos)

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