The Tallest King of Spain
The Tallest Man on Earth may not be as large as his name suggests, but he sure makes good music. The Wild Hunt, slated for an April 13 release, is the follow-up to 2008′s exquisite Shallow Grave and judging by hype track ‘The King of Spain’, it promises to be every bit as beautiful as its predecessor. It reminds me of ‘The Gardener’, exuding an optimistic and cheery quality, like Dick from The Famous Five. Dick was always the best.
Newly signed to label Dead Oceans, Mattson is currently on a whistle-stop tour of Europe. This would be excellent news, but because I’m so slow I didn’t manage to get tickets for the London show before it sold out. I’ve been looking at flights to Paris but what I have in my piggy bank couldn’t buy me some marbles and Ryanair only fly to an airport 3000 miles out of the city. I may as well attach balloons to my house like the man with toes for fingers in Up. If only I could find a Korean boy scout…
The Tallest Man on Earth – The King of Spain
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