First Aid Kit – Palomino (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 39:02 minutes | 452 MB | Genre: Folk
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First Aid Kit have announced details of their fifth album, titled ‘Palomino’, and a new UK tour – find all the details below.
The Swedish sisters – Klara and Johanna Söderberg – returned last month with the single ‘Angel’, their first new music in three years.
It’s now been revealed that ‘Angel’ is the first taster of ‘Palomino’, which is set to be released on November 4 via Columbia, and is now being previewed by another new track, ‘Out Of My Head’.
Speaking of the new song, First Aid Kit said: “We wrote this song last year together with songwriter and producer Björn Yttling. It was the first time we wrote for First Aid Kit with someone else and it was very inspiring. The song was written in the spur of the moment, almost like a stream of consciousness. It’s about feeling stuck inside your own thoughts and desperately wanting to escape.
“We produced the song with Daniel Bengtson in Stockholm. It has a bit of a different sound from our previous songs. We wanted the production to feel like an old rock song from the 80s. We were inspired by Fleetwood Mac, Kate Bush and Tom Petty. This is one of our favourite songs we’ve ever written, we’re so proud of it and are so excited to finally get to share it.”Palomino sees the Söderberg sisters venture into the realms of pop. It’s almost as if they had to give themselves time to mature before granting themselves this expressive freedom. Whilst the elegant country-folk of Ruins (2017) painted the American dream in beautifully nostalgic colours, this sixth album—written during the pandemic—willingly takes on a sunny, joyful sound with some great synths. These instruments make an appearance right from the start, in the intro of ‘Out My Head’, a jaw-dropping track that undeniably constitutes the album’s most poppy digression. The sisters avoid building a pop monolith by ensuring the 9 other tracks are cut from a different cloth. Klara and Johanna take inspiration from Fleetwood Mac (‘Ready to Run’) and T. Rex’s glam rock (‘A Feeling That Never Came’). They also put the pedal to the metal on a few folk ballads, such as the acoustic ‘Wild Horses II’ and ‘Nobody Knows’. Palomino was recorded in Rymden Studios in Stockholm with Swedish producer Daniel Bengtson—something that hasn’t happened since their debut album, The Big Black & the Blue, 2010! – Charlotte Saintoin
Tracklist:
1-1. First Aid Kit – Out of My Head (03:33)
1-2. First Aid Kit – Angel (03:39)
1-3. First Aid Kit – Ready to Run (04:14)
1-4. First Aid Kit – Turning Onto You (03:21)
1-5. First Aid Kit – Fallen Snow (03:06)
1-6. First Aid Kit – Wild Horses II (03:47)
1-7. First Aid Kit – The Last One (03:50)
1-8. First Aid Kit – Nobody Knows (03:21)
1-9. First Aid Kit – A Feeling That Never Came (03:28)
1-10. First Aid Kit – 29 Palms Highway (03:21)
1-11. First Aid Kit – Palomino (03:17)
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