1. Swedish indie/folk du… Read Full Bio ↴There are three bands called First Aid Kit:
1. Swedish indie/folk duo which consists of sisters Johanna (b. 31 October 1990) and Klara Söderberg (b. 8 January 1993) both from Enskede, Sweden.
The sisters began composing songs in 2007, taking their name at random from an English dictionary.
They began uploading their music to their My Space page and sending their songs to Swedish radio station, this led to live performances and offers from Record Companies.
Their debut EP "Drunken Trees" was released on the 9th of April 2008 in Sweden on the label Rabid Records, owned by the Swedish electronic duo The Knife.The EP was produced by their father and contained a collection of songs uploaded to their My Space page including You're Not Coming Home Tonight and Tangerine, a song sent to Swedish the previous year.
By 2009 the sisters were well known locally, but it was when they uploaded their version of the Fleet Foxes' song Tiger Mountain Peasant Song which caught the attention of the Fleet Foxes guitarist/vocalist Robin Pecknold and subsequently the popularity of the duo to international fame. The Drunken Trees EP was then re released not long after.
Their debut album The Big Black And The Blue was originally issued on 1 February 2010. The album contained the first single Hard Believer and the standout I Met Up With The King, possibly still one of their greatest songs and sounding very much like Neko Case
Also in 2010, they recorded a cover version of Buff Sainte-Marie's Universal Soldier and performed in honor of Patti Smith at the Polar Music Prize singing her classic Dancing Barefoot
Their 2nd album The Lions Roar, produced by Mike Mogis from Bright Eyes, was released on 18 January 2012. On it's release, it received many favorable reviews. One of the three singles Emmylou was named Rolling Stone's 10th best song of 2012.
The album shot to #1 in the Swedish charts and top 40 in most other charts. On Billboard's rock chart it climbed as high as #17
The album contained three singles, the title track, Blue and the classic Emmylou
The duo's third album came in 2014 with the release of Stay Gold once again produced by Mike Mogis. Once again the album was received favorably. Billboard listed My Silver Lining as one of the best 10 songs of 2014, while The Huffington Post included the album on their list of 2014's best albums. Early the following year the album won "Album Of The Year" at the Swedish Grammy's (Grammis)
On the world charts it charted extremely well, reaching #23 in the US, top 10 in some European countries and Australia. After touring for most of 2014 and 2015, they decided to stop touring and apart from playing a few festivals, they never played any concerts until mid 2017.
The duo issued a song on 10 March 2017 for "International Womans Day", You Are The Problem Here, they called it an angry song inspired by the case of Brock Turner who was giving a 6 month jail sentence after raping a drunk woman. All profits from the song were said to be donated to "Women For Women International"
On 19 January 2018, their fourth album Ruins was issued. The three singles (It's a Shame, Postcard, Fireworks) from Ruins had already been released prior to the albums release. The album had a more rough and rustic edge to it, said AllMusic while The Independent praised the sisters for the instinctive harmonies which remain sweet as ever
Folk singer songwriter Laura Veirs appears on Hem Of Her Dress along with the duo's mother and brother.
An EP featuring tracks from the Ruins sessions was released on 14 September 2018. The EP aptly titled Tender Offerings went to #1 on the UK charts.
They began the Rebel Heart tour to promote the album, which will see them visit many countries and take them deep into 2019.
ALBUMS:
The Big Black And The Blue (2010)
The Lion's Roar (2012)
Stay Gold (2014)
Ruins (2018)
EP's
Drunken Trees (2008)
America (2014)
Live From The Rebel Hearts Club (2018)
Tender Offerings (2018)
First Aid Kit Official Website
2.First Aid Kit was a five-piece post-punk band that formed in Connecticut around 2001. Band members were: Brad Amorosino (guitar), John Paul Chirdon (vocals), James Dennis (guitar), Nick Santore (bass), and Brian Pile (drums). First Aid Kit disbanded in 2004 when James moved to San Francisco.
They released all their albums on the label Said Sew Recordings, which is run by John Paul Chirdon
SAID SEW MYSPACE PAGE:
www.myspace.com/saidsew
Brad Amorosino is now in a band called TITLES.
TITLES MYSPACE PAGE:
www.myspace.com/titles
3.Spanish indie electronic band from Barcelona. Their debut album called F1rst and their latest album is called Plaits.
www.myspace.com/firstaidkitmusic
Cedar Lane
First Aid Kit Lyrics
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Headed out again, running all in vain
Motel blues, only bad news
I'm never looking for you
You find me all the same
I lay awake at night envisioning
A trace from the past
To bring me right back
Now I see us walking down Cedar Lane
Slow in the sunshine fast in the rain
Time moved so swiftly all of those days
I still remember how you used to say
"Something good will come out of this"
Coast after coast, cities and states
My world's an empty map where nothing remains
The place we belonged is quietly gone
While we were making plans, it drifted away
I lie awake at night envisioning
A trace from the past
This heavy heart of mine, it never fails
To bring me right back
Now I see us walking down Cedar Lane
Slow in the sunshine, fast in the rain
Time moved so swiftly all of those days
I still remember how you used to say
"Something good will come out of this"
"Something good will come out of this"
How could I break away from you?
How could I break away from you?
How could I break away from you?
How could I break away from you?
How could I break away from you?
How could I break away from you?
How could I break away from you?
How could I break away from you?
The lyrics of First Aid Kit's song Cedar Lane paint a picture of nostalgia, heartbreak and longing for something that was, once upon a time. The song begins by describing the singer's observation of airplane after airplane, full of passengers who are headed somewhere, anywhere, but it all seems to be a fruitless endeavor. The singer then goes on to describe their own feelings of loneliness, and how even though they're not looking for someone to fill that void, they seem to find them all the same.
The chorus of the song is where the heart of the message lies. It's a depiction of a time when things were simpler, and life was sweeter. It's a time when the singer had someone with them who made everything feel okay - the simple act of walking down Cedar Lane with their partner was enough to make them feel alive. Even in the rain, when everything was moving quickly, they were happy to be alive and with the person they loved. The phrase "Something good will come out of this" is repeated throughout the song, like a mantra, and it's a reminder to the singer that even though life can be tough, and things can be hard, there's always something good that can come out of it.
Overall, Cedar Lane is a beautiful, melancholy song that is meant to evoke a feeling of lost love and sweet nostalgia. The lyrics are simple, yet powerful, and they're backed up by haunting harmonies and gentle guitar work.
Line by Line Meaning
Rows after rows of passenger planes
Many planes are taking off one after the other
Headed out again, running all in vain
The planes are leaving on a pointless trip
Motel blues, only bad news
Feeling unhappy while staying at a motel
I'm never looking for you
I'm not actively searching for you
You find me all the same
You manage to find me anyways
I lay awake at night envisioning
I can't sleep because I keep imagining
A trace from the past
A remnant from a previous time
This heavy heart of mine, it never fails
My emotions always affect me greatly
To bring me right back
To return me to the same situation
Now I see us walking down Cedar Lane
I now remember us walking down Cedar Lane
Slow in the sunshine fast in the rain
We walked slowly when it was sunny and quickly when it rained
Time moved so swiftly all of those days
The days passed so quickly
I still remember how you used to say
I can recall the things you said
"Something good will come out of this"
"There is a positive outcome waiting for us"
Coast after coast, cities and states
Traveling from place to place across the country
My world's an empty map where nothing remains
My life feels devoid of meaning
The place we belonged is quietly gone
The place we felt at home is no longer there
While we were making plans, it drifted away
As we made plans, the place slipped out of our reach
How could I break away from you?
How could I possibly leave you behind?
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Johanna Kajsa Soederberg, Klara Maria Soederberg
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@ATEReacts
Rows after rows of passenger planes
Headed out again, running all in vain
Motel blues, only bad news
I'm never looking for you
You find me all the same
I lay awake at night envisioning
A trace from the past
This heavy heart of mine, it never fails
To bring me right back
Now I see us walking down Cedar Lane
Slow in the sunshine fast in the rain
Time moved so swiftly all of those days
I still remember how you used to say
"Something good will come out of this"
Coast after coast, cities and states
My world's an empty map where nothing remains
The place we belonged is quietly gone
While we were making plans, it drifted away
I lie awake at night envisioning
A trace from the past
This heavy heart of mine, it never fails
To bring me right back
Now I see us walking down Cedar Lane
Slow in the sunshine fast in the rain
Time moved so swiftly all of those days
I still remember how you used to say
"Something good will come out of this"
"Something good will come out of this"
How could I break away from you?
How could I break away from you?
How could I break away from you?
How could I break away from you?
How could I break away from you?
How could I break away from you?
How could I break away from you?
How could I break away from you?
@GiliBertoni
LYRICS
Rose after rose of passenger place
Headed out again, running all in vain
Motel blues, only bad news
I'm never looking for you
You'll find me all the same
I lay awake at night envisioning
A trace from the past
This heavy heart of mine, it never fails
To bring me right back
Now I see us walking down cedar lane
Slowing, the sunshine passed in the rain
Tremble so swiftly all of those days
I still remember how you used to say
Something good will come out of this
Coast after coast, cities and states
My world's an empty map where nothing remains
The place we belong is quietly gone
While we were making plans, it drifted away
I lay awake at night envisioning
A trace from the past
This heavy heart of mine, it never fails
To bring me right back
Now I see us walking down cedar lane
Slowing, the sunshine passed in the rain
Tremble so swiftly all of those days
I still remember how you used to say
Something good will come out of this
Something good will come out of this
How could I break away from you?
How could I break away from you?
How could I break away from you?
How could I break away from you?
How could I break away from you?
How could I break away from you?
How could I break away from you?
How could I break away from you?
@mozfan2436
The place we belonged
is quietly gone.
While we were making plans,
it drifted away.
These lyrics are very meaningful to me.
A decade ago my wife and I were starting out in Los Angeles after I had taken a job there. We couldn't afford a whole lot but we lived in a nice little house in a quiet little neighborhood where the street was lined with purple jacarandas leading down to a little park full of cherry blossom trees and it was just my wife, my little boy Matthew and me.
We were trying to save up money and I was working a lot. Some days I could get off early and we would spend our afternoon down at the park playing with our little boy and making plans for the future. I was working so much and life was going by so quick, the memories have sort of become blurry but one memory that sticks with me was one January afternoon when we had a sudden windstorm down at the park. The wind was loud, blowing the cherry trees around and it seemed like a million cherry blossom flowers were falling down at once, swirling all around us, covering the ground and the three of us like rain but instead of raindrops, it was spinning and dancing pink and white cherry blossoms. We laughed and looked at each other in disbelief and held our palms open to catch the blossoms. Matthew played and my wife danced around in the falling blossoms. Then she made Matthew and I cherry blossom necklaces. That was the last happy memory from our life I remember.
Not long after that Matthew was getting strange illnesses, starting out with what seemed like colds and fevers and each one a little more complicated and severe than the one before. Soon thereafter we were told Matthew had a very aggressive form of childhood cancer.
We lost our little boy three months after the diagnosis and two months shy of his third birthday.
Our life together was never the same. In the weeks after, my wife sort of became a different person. I don't blame her. She lost interest in most details of daily life and in our marriage. Maybe I had been changed too, I probably was. We tried to make it work but our life together and all those plans we were making seemed so pointless and empty now. We were both in so much pain and being together wasn't comforting, it seemed to almost make it worse. It's like we were just sitting and wallowing in the pain like a warm bath. She moved back to her parents in another state. Soon after we divorced.
My ex-wife got remarried and had two children. We talk maybe once a year. She says she and her new family are happy. I'm happy for her. I haven't remarried. I moved out east and run my own business. I spend a lot of time traveling for work which keeps me busy.
Last year I was back in LA and I visited the cemetery where Matthew is buried. I stayed at his grave for a long while. I lay down on his grave like I was cuddling him on the couch. I thought about the silly and curious and happy baby boy I missed so much. I thought about the young man I would never get to meet. I fell asleep. When I awoke I said goodbye not knowing when I would be back. I passed by our old neighborhood and the cherry blossom park. I sat there under the canopy of the cherry blossom trees waiting for another windstorm, but it never came.
@checkout5017
The line at 1:23 kills me. The way they sing in such a sorrow and agonising pitch just cuts straight through my heart.
This song is a like a painful memory that has heartbreaking nostalgia and longing.
Really amazing artists here
@eclpise8dream
For me its the chorus @ about 2:30. " How could I break away from you." breaks my heart evetime.
@willietynan524
just discovered first aid kit I'm 64 and a discipline of the sixties I never thought I would hear music like this again cannot think of the right words everything about them is beautiful their gentle appearance incredible vocals and lyrics that you can understand blown away
@zakariab8081
I'm sure u'll like lera lynn also
Check her music
@christophernsimba1004
+zaki bedarnia sa va
@HH-zo6xg
Check out HEM, You'll love them.
@cloud819
They are a bit old, but a another great sibling group that has realy clear songs with good harmony is The Proclaimers. They had one hit that did well "I would walk 1000 miles" it was good but many of their slower songs are quite excellent and very well built.
@wcstrawberryfields8011
Amen
@meggy0
This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard. I get lost in it. I went through a horrendous breakup with someone who I thought would be my forever, and I kept listening to this song. Having come through that pain, I see so much more good in life. Something good eventually came and I finally learned how to be alone and love myself. I got myself a ticket to see these ladies in October and I am so excited. Thank you.
@ChrisDoyleMusic
Brilliant... just brilliant. Whenever I listen to First Aid Kit, I feel like I have been transcended into an old western film from the early or mid-twentieth century. Whenever music can do something like that, you know that it's pretty damn powerful.
Bravo, ladies. Keep up the amazing work.