“In the Morning,” the first cut off of First Aid Kit‘s debut album, “The Big Black and the Blue,” kicks off with acappella harmony, showcasing the powerful voices of Klara (16) and Johanna Söderberg (19). They may be two young, Swedish gals, but they’re about as far from ABBA as you can get. They make traditional folkmusic, with pop-flavored accents, that surpasses just about everything else like it on the market right now. The songs, all originals, are deep and moving, with lyrics about faith and God: “I wish I could believe in something bigger/More than these trees these winds these oceans/I wish I could believe what they tell me.”
The band has already garnered a rep for doing great covers–their take on Fleet Foxes’ “Tiger Mountain Peasant Song” as a youtube hit–but this album proves that they’re far more than that. Check ’em out.
