FIRST AID KIT The Big Black & The Blue (2010 UK 11-track vinyl LP - Prodigious Swedish teenagers Klara [16] and Johanna Söderberg [19], AKA First Aid Kit, have been gathering fans apace throughout 2009 since the release of their 'Drunken Trees' EP in February, and now they unveil the glorious debut full-length album, 'The Big Black and The Blue'. From the first few strokes of acoustic fused with those divine harmonies on 'In The Morning', we enter the warm and spell binding nature of First Aid Kit's world. The latter part of the album unveils more stinging highlights such as 'Winter is All Over You'. 'I Met Up With the King' borrows a line from Gram Parsons to marvellous effect, with the First Aid Kit surging and angry voice singing of a dispirited society. The fusion of flutes, guitar and voice on album closer 'Wills of the River' swirls into the ether with the final words, 'And the world is all alone now/While its children still sleeps, silently'. A beautiful lullaby completes a lovingly-tended, classic debut!).