The Wild Hunt by The Tallest Man On Earth

The Wild Hunt, the second album from Kristian Matsson, the Swedish folk singer who goes by the Tallest Man on Earth, came out on Dead Oceans on 13 April 2010 as the follow-up to Shallow Grave. Matsson grew up in Leksand, sang in the indie band Montezumas before going solo in 2006, and makes his records at home, usually catching his voice and guitar together on the same track.

You can hear that closeness all over it. It's one man, one guitar and a voice with plenty of grit in it, songs that tumble out in a rush of images. The Bob Dylan comparisons have followed him everywhere, and it's easy to hear why, but the wide-eyed urgency is all his own. "King of Spain" gallops and "Love Is All" aches. By 2011 it had sold 35,524 copies in the US.

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