Album: Stay Gold by First Aid Kit (2014)
Genre: Folk | Mood: Good Natured
Record Label: Columbia
Format: Album

Description: Stay Gold is the third studio album by Swedish indie folk duo First Aid Kit. The album is produced by Mike Mogis, who worked on the band's previous album, The Lion's Roar. The album was released on June 6, 2014 in mainland Europe and the next week elsewhere.
According to an interview in Swedish TV webpage, the album is more about their own life than their previous ones. "That one has to learn to appreciate what is and that all flows, that nothing stays". Stay Gold will introduce new elements to First Aid Kit's music, such as a 13-piece orchestra. Their previous albums had been produced in such a way that would allow the band to perform with 3 people on stage, however these limitations have been lifted to give the band a bigger, more fulfilling sound.

Artist Background: First Aid Kit are a Swedish duo comprised of sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg, whose vocal harmonies and woodsy, folk-influenced songwriting take influence from the likes of Fleet Foxes and Joanna Newsom. Hailing from suburban Enskede, the siblings began composing songs as young teenagers in 2007. The home-recorded "Tangerine" enjoyed airplay on Swedish radio later that summer, and the debut EP Drunken Trees helped expand the girls' audience upon its release in April 2008. The London-base... Part of the Stockholm, Sweden music scene. Emerged in the 2000s era. Associated with Folk movement.

Music Scene: Part of the Stockholm, Sweden music scene. Emerged in the 2000s era. Associated with Folk movement.

Tags: Folk, Good Natured, 2010s, Album, Columbia

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Stay Gold is the third studio album by Swedish indie folk duo First Aid Kit. The album is produced by Mike Mogis, who worked on the band's previous album, The Lion's Roar. The album was released on June 6, 2014 in mainland Europe and the next week elsewhere.
According to an interview in Swedish TV webpage, the album is more about their own life than their previous ones. "That one has to learn to appreciate what is and that all flows, that nothing stays". Stay Gold will introduce new elements to First Aid Kit's music, such as a 13-piece orchestra. Their previous albums had been produced in such a way that would allow the band to perform with 3 people on stage, however these limitations have been lifted to give the band a bigger, more fulfilling sound.

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