Festivals First Aid Kit dazzle in the sunshine at Latitude 2014

There’s something magical in the simplicity of First Aid Kit. Telling it like it is with tribal drums and powerful harmonies for ‘Stay Gold’, they’ve abandoned their folk fashion in favour of shimmering dresses.

“We just can’t stop ourselves from coming back!” says Johanna Söderberg, Latitude is the perfect setting for their picturesque brand of folk pop. For ‘King of the World’ she springs around stage, a vision of golden waves and gold heels swirling the stage.

Since 2012, the last time the sisters were here, there’s a new found confidence within the pair. Where folk singing siblings once stood, a glamorous polished duo return. Their set plays out like a love letter to their idols with glittering tributes to the likes of Simon and Garfunkel and Bob Dylan.

‘Waitress Song’ is a beautiful mix of Klara’s quiet folk melancholy and a momentous deluge of sound that plunges into the crowd as they sing together. The first majestic notes of ‘Silver Lining’ bring us grass-grazers to our feet. As the sun begins its slow descent, the mystical ‘Wolfmother’ sets a picturesque scene.