“Stay Gold” by First Aid Kit

"Stay Gold" is the title track of First Aid Kit's 2014 album, written by Johanna and Klara Söderberg, and it's the sound of an intimate band going widescreen. Mike Mogis produced, engineered and mixed it, adding autoharp and percussion of his own, and he wraps Klara's voice and guitar in a full orchestra: a swell of violins, violas and cellos, a double bass, a flute and a clarinet, with Nate Walcott's piano and Benkt Söderberg's bass holding the center. The strings rise like a sunrise over a prairie, and the harmonies ache in the best way, turning a small, wistful tune into something grand without drowning it.

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