First Aid Kit’s fourth studio album ‘Ruins’ is available via Columbia Records. The 10-track LP was produced by Tucker Martine and recorded at Flora Studios in Portland, OR with accomplished and talented musicians such as REM’s Peter Buck, Wilco’s Glenn Kotche, and Midlake’s McKenzie Smith. Ruins includes previously released tracks Postcard, Fireworks, Ruins, as well as lead single Its a Shame which Stereogum calls “a brightly polished folk-rock gem” and Rolling Stone names “[a] Dylan-meets-Emmylou Harris shot of country-rock sunshine.”

Fireworks is another standout track from the albumand has been praised by The New York Times, Stereogum, SPIN, and more. Paste proclaims the song is “another gorgeous glimpse of First Aid Kit’s new record” and Consequence of Sound commends Fireworks as the track “that truly captures the Swedish duo’s heartrending spin on melancholic Americana.” 

First Aid Kit says: “The wait is over, Ruins is finally out. We hope you love it.  From the bottom of our rebel hearts, love K & J.”

‘Ruins’ has been named one of the most anticipated albums of 2018 by The Wall Street Journal, Consequence of Sound, Cosmopolitan, and more. Pitchfork praises ‘Ruins’ as “a showcase for [First Aid Kit’s] sweet harmonies, with some bold stylistic departures.” NME awards the album 4 out of 5 stars and declares: “‘Ruins’ is a lush, expansive release that uses the siblings’ uncanny blood harmony to full effect, elevating their low-key folk songs into something majestic.” American Songwriter contemplates: “The album is a penetrating exploration of self-aware millennial restlessness and ambition: what does it mean to want something more out of life?”