The Tallest Man On Earth

I love both LPs so much, and was very surprised to see that I was the only one even mentioning it here. Does anyone else enjoy it?

I do not. Clever name, though.

Bummer if this fizzles out already.

Yup... I seem to constantly have bad luck here.

you might want to post something like this on the Rolling Indie thread -- if an indie artist isn't one of the bigger names, you'll have more luck there

also, it's a Saturday, so ILX is gonna be slow

OK, out of weird curiosity, are you from Denver? I walked into my local record store today and apparently this guy, whom I've never heard of before in my life, has posters for his next album release. He's playing the 19th for free, I'm considering going for tha chixxxxxx.... good choice?

xp I don't just mean one poster, he had them fucking everywhere, like this is some big deal I was supposed to be aware of

This guy?

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/03_02/BaoXishunR2803_468x681.jpg

That guy died recently, didn't he?

if so, do not buy tickets

"...has posters for his next album release. He's playing the 19th for free, I'm considering going for tha chixxxxxx.... good choice?"

His latest album release? It came out a month or less ago. Yes good choice, chixxx love Tallest Man, and tall men. And I'm from NJ. You were asking me, right?

like this guy a lot

not super crazy about his lyrics but he's got the most amazing feel for melody and momentum of any of the current wave of indie folkster dudes, his best songs are just unstoppable once they get going

Yeah, yeah I was asking you. I asked that before looking him up, I assumed he was a local artist (lokes always play free concerts at our record stores, as they probably do at yours) and just wondering if this was in response to the fucking tsunami of flyers they have plastered advertising this event all over the place.

though i take umbrage at his name since i've got a good six inches on him probably

Nah, he really is becoming very popular. Once he got the famed highest honor of Best New Music 8.5 for his last record, the New York show in April sold out quick.

He did a back to back with all of us before he chose his name I guess he missed you cider.

not my favorite, but decent. I like first lp better. Although i love "You're Going Back"

Yeah the first LP feels much more effortless, despite not really changing his sound at all.

I'm surprised the EP 'Sometimes the blues is just a passing bird' didn't get a mention here. Kind of prefer this melancholy stuff more than the first two LPs. This particularly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs2TGHC-bRQ

Based on a few descriptions of this guy and hearing one song from a previous album, I expected to really hate this. But goddamn if this new one isn't really fantastic.

Last one was my AOTY of 2010, an opinion that hasn't changed two years on, but I'm still struggling to feel anything stronger than "eh, it's nice" re: the new one.

First album is still classic to me, second album is a bit overwrought in hindsight despite the formula being pretty untouched. Haven't listened to the recent one.

New song:

https://soundcloud.com/deadoceans/the-tallest-man-on-earth-sagres/s-GnUD2

Sounds like, I dunno, Peter Bjorn and John or something.

this guy is like the folk equivalent of punchline rap

I love this new track so much. The little slide he does sounds so perfect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6vNU1C95Fw

A longer bit about the new project is here, including a solo version of the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSCEypk4JPg

Saw him last night at the Herbst theater in SF. Kind of an odd show. Everyone was seated, and there are no drinks allowed in the theater, so the crowd was incredibly subdued, which was awkward. You could literally hear people whispering when he stopped playing, it was so quiet. This was compounded by him being the only thing on stage (no band on this tour). Dude can PLAY, though. He was doing crazy finger-picking with his right hand while tapiing out a solo on the fret board with his left hand. It sounded beautiful. And he can also sing. I'm glad I went, but I would have preferred if he had brought a band, or if the crowd had gotten more boisterous and started clapping along or something.

I saw him play solo for cheap back during the Wild Hunt tour. Can confirm that he can play like a motherfucker. Pretty intimate venue, lots of detectable swooning in the audience.

He got catcalled by both women and men, which was sorta funny.

I also saw him play solo during the Wild Hunt tour and I was one of the people doing the swooning (and yes, he's a great singer and player, too).

Not sure I love it yet, but the new one has something about it. This is lovely:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WtuIRwjQ7E

That one gets stuck in my head, for sure.

I wonder if he is a fan of Mike Cooper, this song sounds so similar to one of his:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZmJIjjG-DA

Just realized I missed his show last week (after having my tickets refunded last year). Bummer!