First Aid Kit

8:45 p.m. Saturday, October 6. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

By Christian Schaeffer on Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 4:00 am

Neil Krug

First Aid Kit

$12. 314-535-0353.

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You can't tell the story of First Aid Kit without a few modern conveniences that helped in the process: The Swedish sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg began posting their songs through Myspace but found international acclaim through a YouTube video of their cover of a Fleet Foxes tune. The medium may be very Web 2.0, but the sisters' songs speak to a simpler version of roots music. This year's The Lion's Roar has been winning fans through familial harmonies and a soft touch. That a few Swedes in their early twenties could craft some of this year's best Americana is proof enough that music follows a geography of the soul, not the land.

Name-Check: "Emmylou," a standout from the new album, charts new love with the models set out by the Söderberg sisters' musical heroes: Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons, as well as Johnny and June Carter Cash.