Ah, he was wonderful live...
For Stomp and Stammer:
The Tallest Man On Earth
The Wild Hunt
Dead Oceans
...And that's the moment, too, when Matsson's Swedishness becomes really surprising; because in his singing about "salvation" and "white knuckles on a wheel," in his detailing of how the highway makes him think about God, he sounds so quintessentially American – or at least the kind of American dudes with guitars have always told us exists but that we've never quite seen – that it's unbelievable to learn he grew up a whole ocean away from our endless roads and rolling fields....[Read more]
[Mp3] The Tallest Man On Earth - "King Of Spain"
This has been a fascinating one for reading other writers' opinions:
Pitchfork (Stephen M. Deusner)
Tiny Mix Tapes (Gabe Vodicka)
Everyone seems to agree how great it is, though. Unexpectedly, one of my best of the year, so far!
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