There’s a prevailing image of The Tallest Man of Earth — Swedish folk singer Kristian Matsson’s musical moniker of a wayward, sometimes homesick vagabond in the constant pursuit of adventure.
Gotta say, I really wasn’t expecting to say this, given my love of the previous albums The Wild Hunt and “Shallow Grave”, but The Tallest Man on Earth has possibily just put out the best record of his career (and among my favorite records of 2019 so far). This is, what he should sound like, what he’s been trying to sound like the last few records and didn’t start to really get his footing on until the demo project a few years back and the EP he slowly dripped out last year. There’s an urgency to it, but a considered one, one that comes with time and heartbreak and rebuilding your life and figuring out what exactly matters. It’s lush in all the right ways and at all the right times, and bare in all the right ways at all the right times, and a combo of the two in all the right ways at all the right times. It’s an astoundingly gorgeous and engrossing album, and I’m so glad we finally hear the sound he’s seemingly been chasing for over a decade.
The Tallest Man On Earth’s album ‘I Love You. It’s A Fever Dream.’
The Fat Angel Sings 