Tread softly, for when you "tread" on Kate and Anna McGarrigle you tread on my dreams. I was prepared to be disappointed but it's really rather good. They have the "blood harmony" of the original, if not quite the spine-tingling timbre of the McGarrigles. A good effort!
Tbh, I never realised Complainte Pour Ste Catherine was anything other than a Kirsty MacColl song:
https://youtu.be/tmmelsbp96kHave to say, I probably prefer both the McGarrigles' original (now that I've checked it out) and the First Aid Kit version. Although Kirsty's version is worth noting for her party trick, which she does on a number of her recordings, of doing all her own harmonies - quite a skill.
That's on her excellent 1989 album Kite, which is also notable for her lovely version of the Kinks' Days:
https://youtu.be/HNJcd1pTaL0And of course her fab version of You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby - with Johnny Marr on guitar!
https://youtu.be/oo8xJ6cJeu0Best Kirsty MacColl cover, though, is her definitive version of A New England, which she totally owns - kind of shows up how Billy Bragg's performing skills don't quite live up to his songwriting skills:
https://youtu.be/Vnzpg5GgQCo