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First Aid Kit have discussed their frustration with lazy comparisons thrown at women in the music industry, most of whom have, at some point, been compared to Kate Bush.

The Swedish duo gained worldwide attention after their 2008 Fleet Foxes cover went viral, and have since released three albums.

Speaking to Gigwise about the occasionally political bent on some of the tracks throughout their career, the band said: "We don't really see ourselves as having this message in our music, but at the same time, I dont think we're afraid to be a little bit political. A lot of artists are scared of that. And we're not scared of calling ourselves feminists."

They added: "Women can be, not just the singer, but play music and write songs, and be technicians and things like that. We're really lacking it, and music needs that. The music world needs that."

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They continued: "We talked to Haim about this actually. We just said that we're tired of being asked what it's like being a woman in a band, because we don't feel like we should have to be champions for that. We're feminists, but at the same time, we shouldn't have to talk about it at all, it should just be natural that we're doing music and that we're women. Not, 'Oh so you're girls... doing music?! How crazy!'"

As for the barrage of comparisons they've received throughout their career, some of which were entirely inaccurate, they said: "We always get compared to other women, like, every female artist gets compared to Kate Bush. Anything a bit different from the mainstream, it's like, 'Kate Bush!' You know, we love Kate Bush, but..."

First Aid Kit's brilliant third album, Stay Gold, was released in June, and sounds absolutely nothing like Kate Bush.

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