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86
On Palomino, the sisters have found their biggest/ most alluring sounds yet.
3y
81
From their vantage point in Sweden, these two ladies head off in new directions, charging forward with abandon.
3y
80
The Swedish sisters have returned with a euphoric new work.
3y
80
It's an album that, by some weird inverse metric, also simultaneously recasts and reaffirms First Aid Kit's approach.
3y
80
First Aid Kit have grown up and moved on. So says the cheerful conglomeration of lockdown-emergent pop sounds that makes up their fifth studio album.
3y
80
While perhaps First Aid Kit could have built a whole record of these genre experiments, they’re not the kind of band to tear up the rule book and start again; instead this is a considered evolution that gives them space to try new things alongside the vintage sounds they made their name modernising.
3y
80
The Swedish sisters’ fifth album is a glorious blast of loved-up Americana, with nods to the Stones and Fleetwood Mac.
3y
80
Palomino is a wholly convincing bid for wider recognition.
3y
80
"Ready To Run" and "Nobody Knows" are particular highlights, and "Wild Horses II" joins their own immortal "Emmylou" in the top tier of country songs about country music.
3y
80
A record of warm and soaring pop-rock that still manages to both delight and intrigue, ‘Palomino’ is the sound of a duo still roaming new territory, but feeling more confident than ever.
3y
80
There’s plenty to admire in terms of the Söderberg’s unerring ability to craft beautiful celestial harmonies and conjure a sense of the mystical and magical out of the ether.
3y
80
The Swedish duo remain a consistently charming listen and on album five, they appear sonically liberated.
3y
80
Where the album really succeeds in this regard is in its strong, economical melodies and a certain warm, bittersweet depth to the songwriting.
3y
80
First Aid Kit are no longer a one-trick pony—that horse being Americana. With Palomino the indie-folk duo have taken a step forward, incorporating more pop.
3y
70
Their most conventionally ‘pop’ work yet, this pensive album uplifts whilst still offering the sisters’ unique blend of folk and Americana.
3y
70
The Swedish sisters’ ability to tug on the heartstrings is still very much in evidence on their first record since their debut to be recorded back in their native Stockholm.
3y
60
More of this crooned gothic gospel, like a Nick Cave/PJ Harvey murder ballad, would be welcome in an album that can dip too often into cheesy, handclapping sentimentality. First Aid Kit have the dynamic songwriting and performance mettle to deliver more nuanced, exploratory terrain than Palomino offers.
3y
60
If you come to the duo’s album Palomino in search of the lyrical narratives and timeless harmonies of past projects, you won’t be disappointed.
3y
It’s been four years since the last First Aid Kit album, and while this Swedish duo has a formula, Ruins had them expanding their sound and early 2018 feels like a lifetime ago.
And this sees them push even further, embracing 70s soft rock and country with horns and synths for their most vivid pop hooks to where it can almost feel oversaturated; the production is fine balancing warm colourful mixes and terrific vocal harmonies, but between goopy synths, some clipping, and feeling very ... read more
Recommended Listening : Out Of My Head
First Aid Kit build upon their strong signature sound on their newest album Palomino , a sound that showcases a great variety of throwback country cross folk melodies and lush harmonious dips and turns that hit in all the right spots . It’s a tried and tested formula that has worked for the sisters incredibly well before, so in the case of Palomino, even though it’s not covering any new ground , plays on its familiarity as a strength to drive ... read more
26/12/22
Probably the most interesting folk project I've heard yet still I remain unimpressed by this genre like there's no way people are genuinely going "yeah lemme put on some FOLK music rn" unironically this shit deserves all the unnecessary flack that country gets I swear to god and I hope it burns along with spoken word and those really harsh growl vocals that ruin perfectly good instrumentals in metal music I've had enough. This cover is pretty ... read more
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Out Of My Head: 8,5
Angel: 9,5
Ready To Run: 8
Turning Onto You: 7,5
Fallen Snow: 7,5
Wild Horses II: 7
The Last One: 8
Nobody Knows: 8,5
A Feeling That Never Came: 7,5
29 Palms Highway: 7,5
Palomino: 8
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Track List
| 1 | Out of My Head 3:33 | 83 |
| 2 | Angel 3:39 | 80 |
| 3 | Ready to Run 4:14 | 75 |
| 4 | Turning Onto You 3:21 | 69 |
| 5 | Fallen Snow 3:06 | 73 |
| 6 | Wild Horses II 3:47 | 69 |
| 7 | The Last One 3:50 | 73 |
| 8 | Nobody Knows 3:21 | 69 |
| 9 | A Feeling That Never Came 3:28 | 73 |
| 10 | 29 Palms Highway 3:21 | 73 |
| 11 | Palomino 3:17 | 78 |
Total Length: 39 minutes
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