Description
//Dead Oceans//
£15.99 – 1×12″ EP, Eco Mix Vinyl
Neither a sequel nor a satellite to ‘the wild hunt’, The Tallest Man On Earth’s ep, Sometimes The Blues Is Just a Passing Bird, is a statement in its own right.
While many post-lp eps round up same-session tracks or studio experiments for diehard fans, these five austere folk songs were written on the road and recorded during a recent break from touring.
They’re unmistakably tallest, marked by the vulnerability in kristian matsson’s croak of a voice, the strident complexity of his guitarwork, and his thoughtful, often fractured lyrics inspired, ostensibly, by his native sweden – specifically the mountainous region of dalarna, northwest of stockholm.
Yet, despite the same elements, Sometimes The Blues Is Just a Passing Bird has a very different character from ‘the wild hunt’.
It’s slightly darker, more wounded, muted, and meditative. the ep allows matsson to explore one particular mood: a primary colour in his palette, a bluesy melancholy that defines and permeates every song here.
Tracklisting:
1. Little River
2. The Dreamer
3. Like The Wheel
4. Tangle In This Trampled Wheat
5. Thrown Right At Me
