Armed with acoustic guitars and mellifluous harmonies, they were described in newspapers as “Nordic princesses” and “plaid-clad angels” who made “pine-scented folk” and whose lifestyle seemed “a little Brady Bunch”. Such fire and brimstone is certainly at odds with how the media painted First Aid Kit when they emerged on the music scene in 2008. “That wasn’t a conscious thing, but that’s just who we are. “I think that song really shattered our image of being these two innocent sisters in a forest holding hands,” says Klara Söderberg with a laugh. “I hope you f***ing suffer.” Written after the pair read about yet another rape case that came to nothing, it was a culmination of years of female fury. “How did you ever think you had the right to put your entitled hands up her thighs?” sang the Swedish sisters on “You Are the Problem Here”, their voices cracking over vociferous electric guitars. On International Women’s Day 2017, First Aid Kit released a three-and-a-half minute cry of pure rage.
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