| First Aid Kit / Lion's Roar, The |
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| Album: | Lion's Roar, The | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | First Aid Kit | Added: | Apr 2012 | |
| Label: | Wichita Recordings | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-11-11 | Pull Date: | 2013-01-13 |
| Week Ending: | Jan 13 | Jan 6 | Dec 30 | Dec 23 | Dec 16 | Dec 9 | Dec 2 | Nov 25 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 29, 2022: | Traditions New Year's Eve | 4. | Dec 31, 2021: | Traditions New Year's Eve | |
| 2. | Apr 04, 2022: | Mixed Up Class Emmylou | 5. | Oct 30, 2021: | Hanging in the bone yard (rebroadcast from Oct 31, 2020) The Lion's Roar | |
| 3. | Jan 06, 2022: | Traditions (rebroadcast from Dec 31, 2021) New Year's Eve | 6. | Oct 31, 2020: | Hanging in the bone yard The Lion's Roar |
| Album Review |
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| Your Imaginary Friend Reviewed 2012-10-31 | ||
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Swedish duo, sisters, with a flawless band, who do Americana/Roots as good or better than anyone claiming USA citizenship. Lovely stuff, well produced, solid crystalline vocals, songwriting. Fans of The Naysayer, Emmylou Harris, all things twangy, female singer-songwriter’ish. Heartfelt mature lyrics never disappoint. If you don’t believe, just skip to track 2: Epic, a born classic, something Willie could’ve written for Patsy, that Emmylou might cover with a wink. Great stuff, with enough variation to slip in with Belle and Sebastian too. (note: a thief forced the lateness of this april released CD. I say better late than never, our charts are about good music, not timeliness, if we cant have both). 1) (5:07) Title track: ¾ swaying waltz and dark in feel, lovely strumming, crystalline vocals first strike, shock and awe 2) (4:18) upbeat in a gentle way, lovely love song that tugs heart strings using references to the legendary couples of country/roots, their soaring love 3) (4:13) lovely slower ballady, pretty 4) (3:12) poppy, sugary, cuteness betrays the dark lyrics, Belle and Sebastian with a quickly fashioned noose 5) (4:24) mid paced, dark yet hopeful lyrics involving failing relationships 6) (5:44) starts minimal, picks up with brushed drums, guitars, soaring vocs 7) (4:13) nice train-chugging brushed drums appear again, establishing their “sound” a bit, lovely, nice drum embellishments, deep crash cymbal 8) (4:50) slow, sparse, dramatic, builds slowly then after 3:30 fiddle appears and the beat changes, more upbeat epic 9) (3:07) autoharp w/ vocs, just heartfelt loveliness 10) (3:39) a male guest vocal appears late, trips up the routine, upbeat, accordion lends a slight Cajun feel, trumpet: Mexico, fiddle: Kentucky, together: greatness | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | The Lion's Roar | 6. | To A Poet | |||
| 2. | Emmylou | 7. | I Found A Way | |||
| 3. | In The Hearts Of Men | 8. | Dance To Another Tune | |||
| 4. | Blue | 9. | New Year's Eve | |||
| 5. | This Old Routine | 10. | King Of The World |