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First Aid Kit To Release Sailor Song

• 2nd Jul 2010

First Aid Kit have announced that the third single to be taken from their critically acclaimed debut album “The Big Black And The Blue” will be “Sailor Song”, released on the 12th July on digital download.

The band have just completed a string of sell out show on their first US headline tour, of which they've been getting an amazing response. The last date on the US tour at New York City's Mercury Lounge reduced them to tears (in a good way), when they sang from in front of the stage without
accompaniment of their drummer, the track 'Ghost Town' from their debut.
There's a line in the song that the girls tend to change when playing in different cities, but in the original they reference New York – a realisation that they've come so far from their native Sweden. In attendance at the show was non other than Karen O And Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

A clip from the Mercury Lounge of them singing in front of the stage has been uploaded by one of the audience members here: link

Klara and Johanna return to the UK again this month to play a string of UK festivals, and the Wichiten celebrations that begin on the 12th July (the girls play on Tuesday 13th July with Peggy Sue and Meg Baird). They played Glastonbury Festival last weekend, and have the following UK live dates this Summer…

More information on the Wichita's 10th Anniversary celebrations can be found at: link

LIVE DATES
JULY
10 – Lounge On The Farm Festival, Canterbury
13 – Wichita's 10th Anniversary @ The Garage, London w/ Peggy Sue & Meg Baird
15 – Hare And Hounds, Birmingham
16 – Deaf Institute, Manchester
17 – Latitude Festival, Suffolk
31 – Kendal Calling Festival, Lake District

AUGUST
01 – Castlepalooza, Tullamore, IE
21 – Greenman Festival, Abergavenny