Dark Bird Is Home
by The Tallest Man On Earth

From RockyRaccoon TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/14/2015 14:50 | #139497 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

I love what Matsson is doing. I love seeing an artist evolve and that’s exactly what Matsson is doing, he’s moving forward with his music. This is drastically different from anything he’s released before. He’s progressively added more and more to his music as time has gone on, an electric guitar here, some keys there, but nothing like this. This is a full band, drums, orchestration, everything. Songs like “Sagres” and “Darkness Of Our Dream” sound like they could be Springsteen songs. The closest you’re gonna get to original TMOE is the final song, the title track, but even that has elements that Matsson hasn’t used before. His lyrics and vocals are still like they’ve always been, and the songs are structured just like we’re used to from him, but the instrumentation is so different, and it’s a real breath of fresh air. Lyrically, Matsson bears all, as he’s often done, and a prime example is in “Sagres”, where he deals with the creeping doubt that comes into his life. The man is an excellent lyricist, and that hasn’t changed. “This is not the end, this is fine” Matsson sings in the title track, and anyone who’s upset about this change needs to remember that: this isn’t the end of The Tallest Man On Earth, this is the beginning of Matsson’s new chapter as an artist. Seeing movement in a musician’s career like this is an awesome thing, and I commend him greatly for it. This album is different from what you’re used to, but it’s still a rewarding listen.

From samistake2ice 05/28/2015 18:14 | #142570 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

I've liked TTMOE since whenever I realized that Mercury wouldn't shut up about them. But, I think this is my favorite one so far. It strikes that perfect balance of enjoyable when your aren't to focused on it and yet the more you pay attention the more interesting you realize it is. Really really good and better every time.

From Norman Bates 05/24/2015 10:24 | #142323 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Nothing original, and it is a bit samey over the length of an album, but it's very well done for its genre indeed. I feel he'll make further progress when that Sufjan influence has waned a bit, but for now, a really good album; which is enough any day for me. Oh, plus the lady loves it to bits, so it's defo going to be a grower and a keeper.

From Mercury TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/11/2015 17:41 | #139337 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

This is pretty freaking awesome.

If I was able to create my own years list, I think I would put this one as number one. Even though I love Sufjan Steven and his album is great, for me this here is even better