★★★★★ Tracks:
The Wild Hunt
Burden of Tomorrow
You're Going Back
“Aww Xavier's on the border of the sun
Swings on the chambers of your guns
And tries to shoot the chord and light the path
Aww but hell I'm just a blind man on the plains
I drink my water when it rains
And live by chance among the lightning strikes”
I don’t know what the hell The Tallest Man On Earth is singing about most the time, maybe I’m just not paying enough attention or maybe I’m too wrapped up in the music. It doesn't matter though, The Wild Hunt perks my ears up every time it sets in motion; Kristian Matsson has quite the gift for the 6-string, and his biting voice, rambling lyrics and bare bones instrumentation bring to mind the days of The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, the introspective less preachy version of his many personalities. The album’s run time is just fine but, as regular readers might know by now, I can get burnt out quickly by percussion-less music, even with guitar virtuosity as fine as this. Still, a lot of these songs simply cannot be discounted, most notably; “The Wild Hunt,” “Burden of Tomorrow,” and “You’re Going Back.”
(Best audience still shot ever?)
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