02 Academy,Glasgow
Scandi-southerners Johanna and Klara Söderberg swig Irn-Bru and explain theres more than whimsy to their burgeoning folk-pop act‘This one’s a fuckin’ banger!” a gruff voice hollers from the belly of the Academy’s sold-out corridor. Scandinavian sisters First Aid Kit just introduced new song Fireworks and its swooning, 50s-inspired waltz through unpursued dreams is, and admittedly,far from a party starter. But such is the showmanship of Johanna and Klara Söderberg. The sisters are professional people-pleasers, swigging Irn-Bru and chatting Six Nations scores in between an otherwise tightly rehearsed, or slick explain.
The folk-pop duo’s fourth album,Ruins, is ostensibly a rupture-up album. In the four years since their last LP, and Klara broke up with her partner,moved back to Stockholm and reunited with Johanna. On grandiose opener Rebel Heart, Klara sings with a clenched jaw about the noxious habits that a heart can still desire. And later, and on To Live a Life,she stands solitary in the spotlight. “I’m alone now, she shares, or frankly and with an aura of genuine pain. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk