If you have read ENS much, you know we don’t mind getting folked up on a regular basis. Yeah, sorry for that bad pun, sometimes I can’t resist. But folk music is near and dear to our hearts and one of the better folk acts to come along is about to release a new album. The Tallest Man On Earth is the stage name for Swedish troubadour Kristian Mattson and we really went head over heels for his debut album a couple years ago, Shallow Grave.

Well, Mattson is back and is once again peddling his simplistic but overall emotional and impactful brand of storytelling with a new record The Wild Hunt. You can pre-order the album now from Dead Oceans, and of course we recommend you snag it on vinyl. The first 175 pre-orders will also receive a bonus CD single for “King of Spain” that was exclusively sold on his recent European tour.

Download a new song from the album right now for free called “Burden Of Tomorrow.”

The Tallest Man On Earth – Burden Of Tomorrow

The Wild Hunt is out April 13th and then Mattson will be touring the US, maybe coming to a city near you.

04/11/10 Morgantown, WV – WVU Creative Arts Center – Mountain Stage Radio
04/14/10 Buffalo, NY – The Ninth Ward*
04/15/10 Winooski, VT – The Monkey House*
04/16/10 Montreal, QC – Petit Campus*
04/17/10 Toronto, ON – El Mocambo*
04/20/10 New York, NY – Highline Ballroom*
04/21/10 Cambridge, MA – Middle East Downstairs*
04/22/10 Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live Upstairs*
04/23/10 Washington, DC – Black Cat*
04/24/10 Greensboro, NC – Guilford College *
04/26/10 Chapel Hill, NC – Gerrard Hall – University of North Carolina*
04/27/10 Asheville, NC – Forsythia Hall*
04/27/10 Asheville, NC – Forsythia Hall *5:30 early show*
04/28/10 Atlanta, GA – The Earl*
04/29/10 Birmingham, AL – The Bottletree*
05/01/10 Denton, TX – Hailey’s
05/02/10 Austin, TX – Stubb’s BBQ (Indoor)*
05/04/10 Phoenix, AZ – Rhythm Room*
05/05/10 La Jolla, CA – UCSD – The Loft*
05/07/10 Los Angeles, CA – Natural History Museum of LA w/ Gamble House
05/08/10 Brookdale, CA – Historic Brookdale Lodge*
05/09/10 San Francisco, CA – The Independent
05/11/10 Portland, OR – The Mission Theater*
05/12/10 Vancouver, BC – St. James Hall*
05/14/10 Edmonton, AB – Brixx*
05/15/10 Calgary, AB – Local 522*
05/17/10 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
05/18/10 Boulder, CO – Fox Theatre
05/19/10 Denver, CO – The Bluebird Theater
05/21/10 Iowa City, IA – The Mill
05/23/10 Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater
05/25/10 Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater
05/26/10 Bloomington, IN – The Dome House
05/27/10 Fort Wayne, IN – The Brass Rail
05/28/10 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
05/30/10 George, WA – Sasquatch Music Festival
06/09/10 London, UK – Tabernacle
06/10/10 Dublin, IRE – Whelan’s
08/12/10 Haldern, DE – Haldern Pop Festival