First Aid Kit Bring Gold To Orlando
First Aid Kit
w/Samantha Crain
The Beacham Theater, Orlando, FL
November 4, 2014
From Oklahoma came opening act, Samantha Crain, back on tour with First Aid Kit. She had toured with the Swedish sisters two years earlier. Crain is a fantastic songwriter who keeps production on her CD’s stark and to the point, and she took the stage by herself. Here, against the 
backdrop of an unadorned acoustic guitar and her powerful emotive voice, performed a compelling set. Material spanned her catalog with several from last year’s excellent release, “Kid Face.” There were several new songs also, which were well received. The pairing between Crain and First Aid Kit seems to be a complimentary one. Crain’s greatest strength is the austere emotion with which she conveys her songs from familiar folk numbers into starkly urgent stories of love and loss.
First Aid Kit is currently touring to support their third full length release, “Stay Gold.” Sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg helm the band with two excellent supporting musicians. First Aid Kit’s music is a soulful variety of Nashville flavored pop,with interesting indie twists. Their voices harmonize effortlessly and brother, that’s the heart of the show. Midway through the show the sisters went to the center of the stage and asked for silence and 
performed a song without amplification.
The sisters in between song stage patter is delivered in perfect unaccented English, and the two endearingly interrupted one another, the way siblings do. They relayed how they had spent their day off at Universal Studios, visiting the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, only to be disappointed not to find Professor Snape in attendance.
The show included a cover of Jack White’s “Love Interruption.” This naturally came on the heels of a story the ladies told about receiving a phone call out of the blue from the ever busy Jack White; followed by recording with Mr. White himself. Much of the set focused on the last two releases.
If the show seemed short, well, maybe everyone just wanted more. And as great as the music was, can you blame them?
