Monday night Corp turned out to be quite the night last Monday. Went for a quiet drink with Mike and ended up coming across this little beauty of a gig.
Swedish sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg, armed with a drummer, become the folk/country band known as First Aid Kit. Very much for fans of bands like Fleet Foxes, Mumford & Sons and Slow Club. We got into B&B, got a pint and stood at back watching the support act. A guy called Sam Airey, anti folk hero from Leeds. Bit Franky T esc. Wasn't shabby at all.
First Aid Kit came on and people seemed to crowd round the front right away. It was busy for a B&B gig. So we went round the back stairs to the side. (Hence the picture of the side of the band). With their debut album "The Big Black & The Blue" only recently released, it was expected they would play majority of it. I only knew 3 songs if honest, only having the album a few days before hand. But the whole set was great. Both sisters have amazing, powerful voices, equal to those like Laura Marling. One song, they even ditched the power and drums and played acoustic with no mic's. You could still hear every word. My best song of the gig is out of two - 'Hard Believer' which in its self was just stunning. Or the closing song 'I Met Up With A King' which had people singing along, swaying. It was such a great story/song to end the night on. Their speaking accents sounded more Canadian than Swedish. Either way when they asked 'So where's nice to see in Sheffield?' in which someone shouted somewhere random and insignificant, they responded amusingly with 'People always shout somewhere, everybody laughs and we have no idea.... stop that please'.
An enjoyable little folk gig. Very different from whats coming up next. Almost a shame really, it's made me in the mood for some more of similar style (Frightened Rabbit pretty soon should fill that void). I also really liked the poster. look at it :) >>>
Best of all. It was free.. Ta Bungalows.
Peace
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