The Tallest Man on Earth
Sometimes the Blues Is Just a Passing Bird
British European neither a sequel nor a satellite to this year's 'the wild hunt' the tallest man on earth's new ep 'sometimes the blues is just a passing bird' is a statement in its own right while many postlp eps round up samesession 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