The Tallest Man On Earth - Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird (ReVINYL Edition) The Tallest Man On Earth

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.

And 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.