First Aid Kit announce live Leonard Cohen tribute album

By editorial board on March 30, 2021

Fans of both Cohen and First Aid Kit will be delighted that ‘Who by Fire’ is one live concert that has been preserved. It offers the best of the live ritual: familiar songs reinvented in the moment.

“Something out of the ordinary,” is how Johanna and Klara Söderberg describe the four Leonard Cohen-themed concerts they played at Sweden’s Royal Dramatic Theatre. Read the full article from The Independent, HERE

 



The sisters had always loved Cohen’s work. They say if they pick up a guitar then his 1967 song “Suzanne” is often the first one they sing. So, four months after his death, they assembled a group of Swedish musicians to help them celebrate his songs and poems. The gold and velvet grandeur of their surroundings added a sense of ceremony to the proceedings, which were broadcast live on Swedish television.

One year into the pandemic, any gig is obviously “something out of the ordinary” for all of us. But fans of both Cohen and First Aid Kit will be delighted that Who by Fire is one that has been preserved.

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While mostly gentle, not jarring the pandemic’s hush, it offers the best of the live ritual: familiar songs reinvented in the moment.

Cohen’s deep themes of sex, death, despair and spirituality speak to the moment while his wit and wordplay continue to delight. The band structured the shows like church services, allowing space for music and silence, spoken words and sentences lifted by melody.

It’s invigorating to hear words we last heard rumbling from the rusty guts of an octogenarian prophet come soaring with sweet, fresh purpose from the mouths of his young disciples.

 

The work featured in the concerts cover almost the full span of Cohen’s career, stretching from the well-beloved folk songs of the late 1960s and early 1970s (including “Suzanne”, “So Long Marianne” and “Famous Blue Raincoat”) to the synth-backed growl of 2016’s “You Want it Darker”.

 

The tracklist for First Aid Kit’s ‘Who By Fire’ is:



1. ‘Tired’ First Aid Kit Announce Leonard Cohen Tribute Album, Stream "Suzanne" | Consequence of Sound
2. ‘Suzanne’
3. ‘Sisters Of Mercy’
4. ‘Who By Fire/As The Mist Leaves No Scar’
5. ‘Twelve O’Clock Chant’
6. ‘Everybody Knows’
7. ‘Avalanche’
8. ‘The Future’
9. ‘Chelsea Hotel No.5’
10. ‘You Want It Darker’
11. ‘If It Be Your Will’
12. ‘The Asthmatic’
13. ‘Famous Blue Raincoat/Anthem’
14. ‘Show Me The Place’
15. ‘Hallelujah’
16. ‘Prayer For Messiah’
17. ‘Bird On The Wire’
18. ‘Who By Fire (Reprise)/Letter To Marianne’
19. ‘So Long Marianne’
20. ‘You’d Sing Too’

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