(Cobra Camanda) First Aid Kit's new video for "Ghost Town," off the duo's debut full-length album The Big Black & The Blue (Wichita), premiered today on Spin.com. Encapsulating the haunting beauty of the song, the Mats Udd-directed video was filmed earlier this summer in Stockholm, nearby their hometown of Enskede, Sweden.
"We filmed it during a beautiful summer's day at a wheat field and a meadow in Stockholm. Mats Udd and his crew did a fantastic job and really captured the spirit of the song. It's inspired by Picnic At Hanging Rock, among other things," explains First Aid Kit's Klara and Johanna Sφderberg. "The shooting was a lot of fun, but we got over 100 mosquito bites each (!!). However, it's all for the art, right?"
A Ghost Town single will be released digitally September 28th via Wichita and will include a cover of Fever Ray's "When I Grow Up" as a b-side. The cover is a tribute to First Aid Kit's mentor Karin Dreijer Andersson, of Fever Ray and The Knife, who released the young Swedish sisters' debut EP Drunken Trees in 2008 on her label, Rabid. The Ghost Town single will also be available as a 7" via the Wichita web store and at First Aid Kit's shows.
Shortly following the release of the single, First Aid Kit will begin their second North American headlining tour on September 30th at The Vera Project in Seattle, WA. Ferraby Lionheart will support, with The Sea Of Cortez joining on the first three shows. The tour also now concludes with a recently announced New York show on October 21st at The Delancey as part of the Saddle Creek/Wichita showcase during the CMJ Music Marathon.
First Aid Kit tour dates:
SEPT. 30 SEATTLE, WA THE VERA PROJECT+*
OCT. 1 PORTLAND, OR DOUG FIR LOUNGE+*
OCT. 3 SAN FRANCISCO, CA BOTTOM OF THE HILL+*
OCT. 4 LOS ANGELES, CA LARGO AT THE CORONET+
OCT. 5 LOS ANGELES, CA ECHO+
OCT. 7 AUSTIN, TX STUBBS JR.+ (Official ACL Pre-party)
OCT. 9 AUSTIN, TX AUSTIN CITY LIMITS FESTIVAL
OCT. 11 NASHVILLE, TN THE END+
OCT. 13 CHICAGO, IL LINCOLN HALL+
OCT. 15 TORONTO, ON EL MOCAMBO+
OCT. 16 MONTREAL, QC LE DIVAN ORANGE+
OCT. 17 BOSTON, MA GREAT SCOTT+
OCT. 19 PHILADELPHIA, PA JOHNNY BRENDA'S+
OCT. 20 WASHINGTON, DC DC9+
OCT. 21 NEW YORK, NY THE DELANCEY (Saddle Creek/Wichita CMJ showcase; 10:15pm set time)
+ Ferraby Lionheart supporting
* The Sea Of Cortez supporting
