First Aid Kit have announced their new single I Met Up With The King will be released on 1 March. The song is inspired by a line from Gram Parson’s Return of the Grievous Angel and is about fallen stars, social outcasts and championing the voiceless. It will be the second single to be taken from the band’s debut album The Big Black And The Blue is released 25th January and available to pre-order on CD vinyl and limited edition CD (including bonus track) on the Wichita shop.
First Aid Kit will be following the release with a special in store show at Rough Trade East on 26th January.