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Henry St.

The Tallest Man On Earth

Henry St.

Seventh album and first with a full band from the Swedish singer-wongwriter Kristian Matsson produced by Sylvan Esso's Nick Sanborn

ADM rating[?]

7.2

Label
Anti-
UK Release date
14/04/2023
US Release date
14/04/2023
  1. 8.6 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    All in all, Henry St. marks a triumphant return for The Tallest Man On Earth, as he once more emerges from the Swedish countryside to take the folk world by storm
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  2. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Leaving New York for Sweden during the pandemic gave fresh perspective to these songs of past American odysseys and accumulated loss.

  3. 8.0 |   American Songwriter

    While it’s not necessarily the kind of record that’s going to grab immediate attention, it does retain an amiable accessibility all its own
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  4. 7.8 |   Northern Transmissions

    At first glance, they seem to be written by the author in a language understandable only to himself, but later, with time and immersion in the macro world of Henry St., they gently begin to reveal themselves, forming an aesthetic that can be captured and felt only here
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  5. 7.5 |   Spectrum Culture

    Henry St. is something of a left turn in approach, but this ends up being a blessing in how it leads to the most effortlessly enjoyable album of Kristian Matsson’s career to date
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  6. 7.0 |   Clash

    All in all, ‘Henry St.’ is the type of cozy album you’d stick on your record player on a rainy Sunday and is a strong comeback from The Tallest Man On Earth indeed
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  7. 7.0 |   All Music

    Henry St. seems no less sincere or heartfelt than anything Matsson has recorded in the past, yet here he embraces an unforced joy that connects in a way his more dour work did not, and it makes this one of the Tallest Man on Earth's most purely pleasurable releases to date
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  8. 6.0 |   Pitchfork

    On his first album with a proper band, the Swedish singer-songwriter sounds great, even as he says so very little
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