Blog: There Goes the Fear

The press release for ‘The Lion’s Roar’, the sophomore album by First Aid Kit , makes much of the fact that this album was recorded in America and allowed the Soderberg sisters to channel their favourite folk and country music made in the good ol’ USA. Maybe therein lies the problem: ‘The Big Black and the Blue’ released in 2010 was far more intimate, as if they’d lit a fire inside their hearts and welcomed you inside. For some reason I just don’t get that feeling with ‘The Lion’s Roar’, so maybe [...]