The Tallest Man on Earth

A concert by Swedish singer-songwriter Kristian Matsson, performing as The Tallest Man on Earth, on the Just Beyond Endless Mountain tour, at EartH in London.

Swedish singer-songwriter Kristian Matsson has released music as The Tallest Man on Earth since 2005, recording for the ANTI- label. He is also the singer of the band Montezumas. Folk music is the core of his songwriting, and his work sits within contemporary folk.

The album Just Beyond Endless Mountain, released on ANTI- Records with a cover portrait by Anton Corbijn, follows his return to his native Dalarna in central Sweden. There he rediscovered polskas, old field recordings and local traditions from his childhood, and these have reshaped his melodies, his voice and his way of writing songs. The single Deliver Me from Trying, driven by guitar and propulsive drumming with distorted vocals, comes from this record.

The show is part of the tour bearing the album's title. EartH is a concert and performance venue on Stoke Newington Road in Hackney, run as a social enterprise that supports new musicians, with music studios in the building free for young artists to use.