His voice is the instrument
Dylan lives on here
Notes: Hands down, the year's best folk album. Wild Hunt takes all the charms of his near-flawless previous efforts (2008's Shallow Graves and his 2006 self-titled EP) and inexplicably improves upon them.
The Tallest Man on Earth (aka Kristian Matsson) has perfected his take on Dylanesque songwriting and with it, created a record that is as immediate as it is intimate. Cooked using his powerful, croaking voice and an acoustic guitar almost exclusively, Wild Hunt is an incredibly sparse, personal experience -- and this album is an experience. His songs may be mere retellings of the everyday, but the romantic urgency in which he delivers couldn't make his words sound more real, more beautiful.
You can download some exemplary tracks down below, but really, this LP is designated vinyl listening...
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You're Going Back - The Tallest Man on Earth
Troubles Will Be Gone - The Tallest Man on Earth
Graceland (Bonus Track) - The Tallest Man on Earth
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