The Tallest Man On Earth Announces New Album Just Beyond Endless Mountain: Hear “Deliver Me From Trying”

For 20 solid years, the Swedish folk musician Kristian Matsson has been releasing records while calling himself the Tallest Man On Earth. I should be used to it by now. I am not. That stage name is supposed to be ironic. Matsson is not tall at all. He is certainly not the tallest man on Earth. (I'm not the tallest man on Earth, either. Google tells me that that distinction currently belongs to the 8'3" Turkish gentleman Sultan Kösen. I am merely the tallest man in rock criticism.) Anyway! The false Tallest Man On Earth has a new album on the way, and he'd like you to know about it.Kristian Matsson recorded his upcoming LP Just Beyond Endless Mountain after returning to Dalarna, the place in the central Swedish countryside where he grew up. Whereas Matsson's music has long been influenced by American folk and blues, he made Just Beyond Endless Mountain after rediscovering the fiddle and the traditional music of Sweden itself. In a press release, he says:Somewhere along the way, I'd developed this immature aversion to the whole cultural inheritance I grew up with. But now, I live here again. I've read an incredible amount — not just about the music, but about how people actually lived in the old days. I think that's part of why this record feels more like me than anything I've made before. This album really comes from somewhere."Colors," the song that Matsson released earlier this year, is on Just Beyond Endless Mountain. So is "Deliver Me From Trying," the raw but polished single that he's sharing today. And hey, look at that, he got Anton Corbijn to shoot the album cover and the press photo. Below, check out the "Deliver Me From Trying Video," along with the album tracklist and the dates for the upcoming Tallest Man On Earth tour.TRACKLIST:01 "The Wildest Of His Dreams"02 "Colors"03 "We Got The Pony"04 "Scully, It’s Me"05 "Just Beyond Endless Mountain"06 "Overboda"07 "Deliver Me From Trying"08 "Times"09 "The Forest Keeper"10 "In The Silver Wire Up The Hill"11 The Village"TOUR DATES:8/26 - Dublin, Ireland @ National Concert Hall8/27 - Cork, Ireland @ Live At St. Luke’s8/28 - Bangor, UK – Open House Festival 20268/29 - Kilkenny, Ireland @ Cathedral Church of St. Canice & Round Tower9/12 - Stockholm, Sweden @ SuperTraditional Festival10/15 - Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom10/16 - Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel10/17 - Washington DC @ Lincoln Theatre10/18 - Glenside, PA @ Keswick Theatre10/20 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall10/21 - Boston, MA @ Royale10/23 - Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall10/24 - Ann Arbor, MI @ The Ark10/25 - Ann Arbor, MI @ The Ark10/27 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre10/28 - Maquoketa, IA @ Codfish Hollow Barnstormers10/29 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall10/30 - St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre11/01 - Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theatre11/02 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Commonwealth11/04 - Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall11/05 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile11/06 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore11/08 - Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall11/10 - San Francisco, CA @ Palace of Fine Arts11/11 - Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room11/12 - Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room11/14 - San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park Theatre11/15 - Phoenix, AZ @ Musical Instrument MuseumJust Beyond Endless Mountain is out 10/9 on Anti-. Anton Corbijn