Going for ADDS on 11.8: First Aid Kit - “The Lion’s Roar” (Wichita)
GOING FOR TOP 200, AAA & MODERN ROCK SPECIALTY ADDS
First Aid Kit premiered the title track off their upcoming sophomore full-length album The Lion’s Roar on NPR’s All Songs Considered Blog. The track has been described as “more than just a pretty song…a piercing ballad about the pain and frustration of lost love”. A single of “The Lion’s Roar” will be available digitally and as a 7-inch at the band’s shows beginning November 8th. The 7-inch will also be available at independent retailers on December 6th. The Lion’s Roar LP will be released January 24th, 2012 on Wichita Recordings.
After a short run of UK dates with Lykke Li beginning late this month, First Aid Kit will head westward in November for a US tour also supporting their fellow Swede. These US dates include two headlining shows as well: on the 8th at The Troubadour in Los Angeles and on the 16th at the Mercury Lounge in New York. The band will then return to Europe for another six dates in late November/early December. Last month, First Aid Kit – who recently performed a moving rendition of Patti Smith’s “Dancing Barefoot” at the Polar Music Prize awards ceremony – spent two weeks touring the US with Bright Eyes.
The follow up to last year’s highly-praised debut LP The Big Black & The Blue, The Lion’s Roar finds FAK at their finest, singing bittersweet songs that frequently juxtapose sadness and beauty. The album features collaborations with Conor Oberst and The Felice Brothers.
First Aid Kit recorded The Lion’s Roar with producer Mike Mogis (of Bright Eyes and Monster Of Folk; producer of Cursive, Lightspeed Champion, Pete Yorn, and many others) in May at his ARC Studios in Omaha, NE. In addition to Klara (vocals, guitar) and Johanna (vocals, autoharp, keys), the album features their father Benkt on bass and Mattias Bergqvist on drums, while Mogis, Nate Walcott (Bright Eyes), and a cast of Omaha-based musicians further round out the sound.
Earlier this year, First Aid Kit released a Third Man Records Blue Series 7-inch single featuring covers of Buffy Sainte-Marie’s “Universal Soldier” the classic blues standard “It Hurts Me Too”, recorded with Jack White at his own Third Man Studios in Nashville, TN.
Focus Tracks: 2
FCC: 1 (“god damn” – track 2 is the radio edit)
Going for ADDS on 11.8: Kele - ‘The Hunter’ EP (Wichita)
Click to download- DIGITAL ONLY
GOING FOR RPM ADDS
Kele Okereke is the renowned front man for alternative rock stalwarts, Bloc Party. His debut solo album, The Boxer was released in June 2010 to critical acclaim and successful worldwide touring. The foray into a world without his Bloc Party band mates saw Kele delve into his love of electronic music and his clear talent for producing it. The dance-pop leanings and references displayed on The Boxer are expanded further with The Hunter EP, which features all new material. It was written and recorded in Kele’s new home of New York over summer 2011 and is the result of further work with his album producer XXXChange.
All tracks were written by Kele (with the exception of ‘Goodbye Horses’). Tracks enlist an impressive line-up of producers, co-producers, vocalists and collaborators. These include main producer, XXXChange as well as; Sub Focus, Lucy Taylor, Fred Falke, RAC and QNESS.
Focus Tracks: ALL
FCC: Clean
