World’s Tallest Man Announces New Covers Album Too Late for Edelweiss

The Tallest Man on Earth has announced a new covers album. Too late for edelweiss due out this Friday, September 23 via Anti-. The 10-track release includes covers of songs popularized by Bon Iver, Lucinda Williams, Yo La Tengo, the National, Hank Williams, and more.

The album takes its name from “For sent for Edelweissa song by Swedish pop musician Håkan Hellström which is also featured on the album. The LP was recorded in songwriter Tallest Man on Earth Kristian Matsson’s native Sweden and in North Carolina between sessions for a new album of original songs. As Matsson shared in his statement:

Last year, I spent a lot of time on tour but also writing and recording an album of which I am extremely proud and which will eventually see the light of day. But in the small hours between trips and sessions, mostly at my house in Sweden and an Airbnb in North Carolina, I recorded a few covers here and there. Several times as a reset button for my own songwriting, to cleanse the palate of my whirlwind mind while writing songs. A small document of songs that I had in mind during those nights.

Ahead of the release, Matsson shared his rendition of Hank Williams’ “Lost Highway.” The song is often credited to Texas country singer Leon Payne, who released his version of the song on the Nashville-based Bullet Records label in 1948. Williams’ rendition of the single was released on his 1949 album of the same name, and has since been covered by Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and Townes Van Zandt, among others.

Following the release of his covers album, The Tallest Man on Earth will go on tour, with dates across Europe starting in April 2023. Matsson will kick off in Copenhagen before crossing the UK and to return to continental Europe, with performances in cities such as Paris, Amsterdam, Milan and Berlin before returning to Sweden for performances in Malmö, Stockholm and Gothenburg.