Yeah, he still sounds like Dylan and yeah, it's still mainly just him and a guitar. But like the simplistic expanse of his debut full-length Shallow Grave, and by working within the folk-standards, he achieves that uncommon reverence for Guthrie-through-Dylan-through-folk music that many singer-songwriters find so difficult to tie down. His seemingly simplistic method to renew the values of folk music rarely venture far beyond the walls of those artists which he so highly idealizes and his mannerisms suggest a thorough grounding in the folk canon. The ebullient "King Of Spain", with its' nasal-inflection, reminiscent of a young Dylan, sits astride an album of songs which pay homage to the greats of folk history. The settings of these songs may seem familiar, and indeed were the nationality of Matsson not known, these songs could have come straight out of the 1960's New York folk scene. There is a timelessness in its simplicity that underlies the basic presumption of The Wild Hunt. That presumption being that music is itself timeless and fixed in our minds and hearts and by conveying his love of music, Matsson shows the listener a world where music is not just the most important thing, it is the only thing.
Tracklisting:
01. The Wild Hunt
02. Burden of Tomorrow
03. Troubles Will Be Gone
04. You’re Going Back
05. The Drying of the Lawns
06. King of Spain (listen to the mp3 below)
07. Love is All
08. Thousand Ways
09. A Lion’s Heart
10. Kids on the Run
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