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
To Live a Life
First Aid Kit Lyrics
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To make myself feel better
To redeem some part of me
I thought I had lost
And we were a lost cause
Long before we fell apart
'Cause honey, I was too eager
And you were too smart
In this empty room
You're a phone call away
I'm on the inner state
And I've been drinking cheap wine
Just to pass the time
I'm falling behind
And it doesn't matter
Who you are to me
I'm just like my mother
We both love to run
Chasing impossible things
Or unreachable dreams
Lie awake in the night
Thinking this can't be right
But there is no other way
To live a life alone
I'm alone now
Then suddenly we wake from this dream that we have made
It beats all at once and then
It slowly fades
I'm raising in
To nothing I
It all falls away
I know it now
For my own sake
That I cannot stay
The lyrics of "To Live a Life" by First Aid Kit is a heart-wrenching song about lost love and personal redemption. The song is an introspection of the singer's past mistakes and how the pain of the past has left them feeling lost and alone. The line "I wrote you a letter, to make myself feel better, to redeem some part of me I thought I had lost" suggests that the singer is trying to move on from a failed relationship but is unable to find closure. She expresses regret for being "too eager" and acknowledges that her former partner was "too smart" for the relationship to work.
The chorus again highlights the singer's search for her former lover. She's alone and looking for comfort in empty spaces, thinking of the phone call that could bring her some relief. The song continues with the singer drawing comparisons between her life and her mother's, finding similarities in a shared desire for chasing impossible things and dreams that are out of reach. The final verse concludes with a realization that the dream of a life together has ended, and the relationship cannot be fixed.
In summary, "To Live a Life" by First Aid Kit is a poignant song that delves deep into lost love and personal struggle. It's a beautiful song that many can connect to, finding solace in shared experiences of sadness and loss.
Line by Line Meaning
I wrote you a letter
I wrote a letter to express my feelings and thoughts to you
To make myself feel better
I wrote the letter to relieve myself from negative feelings
To redeem some part of me
I thought I had lost
By writing the letter, I hoped to regain a lost part of myself
And we were a lost cause
Long before we fell apart
Our relationship was doomed even before it ended
'Cause honey, I was too eager
And you were too smart
Our personalities clashed and led to the failure of our relationship
And I look for you
In this empty room
I search for your presence even when you're not around
You're a phone call away
I'm on the inner state
You're not physically present but can be reached through a phone call while I'm driving on the highway
And I've been drinking cheap wine
Just to pass the time
I'm falling behind
I drink cheap wine as a way to pass the time but it's not helping me keep up with life's demands
And it doesn't matter
Who you are to me
Our relationship status doesn't affect your worth to me as a person
I'm just like my mother
We both love to run
Chasing impossible things
Or unreachable dreams
I inherited the same trait from my mother - the tendency to run after impossible things or dreams
Lie awake in the night
Thinking this can't be right
But there is no other way
To live a life alone
I'm questioning my decision to live a solitary life but think that there's no other way for me
I'm alone now
I've ended up alone despite my efforts to connect with others
Then suddenly we wake from this dream that we have made
It beats all at once and then
It slowly fades
We realize the unrealistic nature of our dreams and how they quickly dissolve
I'm raising in
To nothing I
It all falls away
I know it now
For my own sake
That I cannot stay
I'm letting go of unrealistic dreams and understanding that I cannot cling onto something that's not within reach
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Johanna Soderberg, Klara Soderberg
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