If you're a fan of the Tallest Man On Earth, Dark Bird Is Home  pays real tribute to the old records you fell for, and goes new places you're going to love as well.

While Dark Bird is the Tallest Man at his most personal and direct, deeper and darker than ever at times, it's also an album with strokes of whimsy and the scent of new beginnings—which feels fresh and well timed. Reliably, the melodies and arrangements are sturdy and classic and the lyrics and their delivery are both comforting and alarming.

Listeners should expect the loudest and proudest sounds yet from the Tallest Man on Earth on album number four, but also the softest and the lowest.