The Lion's Roar
- First Aid Kit
- Band Name: First Aid Kit
- Record Label: Wichita
- Release Date: Jan 24, 2012
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Jan 24, 201270For the most part, The Lion's Roar is a mesmerizing listen that--alongside recent releases from the likes of the Tallest Man on Earth and Anna Ternheim--suggests the Swedish folk scene is currently hitting something of a purple patch.
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Oct 9, 201289The Lion's Roar lacks gravitas, but that will come with time and heartbreak. The soul, candor, and the way they sing "darling," that's the hard stuff, and it's scarcely sounded more gorgeous.
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Jan 19, 201280The full band which appears on The Lion's Roar enjoys the rare achievement of being saccharine-free, and serves to highlight the sisters' brilliant captured-on-tape chemistry.
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Jan 27, 201278As it is, The Lion's Roar is a quality release, but due to the stand out tracks being placed at the front and the end, the middle section feels weaker than it is, making the overall impression of the album suffer.
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Jan 25, 201280First Aid Kit's lustrous new album revels in its passion.
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Jan 19, 201280The Lion's Roar is full of rich textures that unfurl around Klara and Johanna's bittersweet harmonies.
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Jan 23, 201280Some of the best parts of The Lion's Roar are when the Söderbergs harmonize together.
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Jan 25, 201270It weaves a pleasingly expanded set of instruments and styles, all under the watchful eye of producer Mike Mogis.
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Jan 20, 201270A gorgeous, gripping study of English and north American folk music that covers as many of the genre's quirks as it can, without crawling from cliché to catastrophe.
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Jan 31, 201280The lyrics' heavy-hearted take on relationships is more evidence of an astonishing maturity at play. [Feb 2012, p.97]
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Jan 20, 201280A beautiful album that proves that sometimes more is more.
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Jan 24, 201280Who'd have thought the best Americana record of the year would come from two Swedish siblings?
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Mar 29, 201280They save overt prettiness for the music.
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Jan 24, 201284The Lion's Roar is a gorgeous record and a spectacular follow-up to their 2010 debut.
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Jan 24, 201276For the sisters' part, their voices are steadier now, and richer.
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Jan 25, 201270All in all, the long player establishes that even though the Söderbergs are definitely young, they are wise and mature for their years.
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Jan 19, 201280The sisters harmonise like sisters should, the tunes soar as both country and Bright Eyes should and First Aid Kit is contending like contenders should. [Feb 2012, p. 104]
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Jan 24, 201270The songs shuffle styles, but the voices transcend genre distinctions--you may not hear a more beautifully sung record this year.
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Feb 1, 201270Mogis never allows the arrangements to pull focus from the Söderbergs' vocals.
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Feb 10, 201280The resulting collection of campfire singalongs proving nothing short of magical.
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Jan 19, 201280The Lion's Roar works because, like their country inspirations, there's a steely toughness to the despair, and their extraordinary harmonies make even the glummest sentiments soar.
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Jan 19, 201280Blessed with clear, characterful voices, employed in beautifully modulated, bell-like harmonies, the Söderbergs find beauty in the bleakness of mortality and the cyclical nature of things.
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Jan 23, 201290First Aid Kit sing harmonies so close you couldn't run a Band Aid between them.
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Jan 19, 201260There's a nourishing warmth in their bittersweet laments.
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Feb 10, 201270Vocals, sparse acoustic backings, gentle snare brushing, the occasional stab of a mellotron all create a very pristine listening experience.
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Jan 20, 201280Klara and Johanna Soderberg have crafted a remarkably mature work. [Feb 2012, p.84]
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Jan 19, 201280Announces First Aid Kit as a fully-fledged musical experience. [#39, p.69]