Latest Release
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- 16 JAN 2024
- 1 Song
- Sigh No More · 2009
- Babel (Deluxe) · 2012
- Sigh No More · 2009
- Delta · 2018
- Wilder Mind (Deluxe) · 2015
- Babel (Deluxe) · 2012
- Sigh No More · 2009
- Babel (Deluxe) · 2012
- Delta · 2018
- Wilder Mind (Deluxe) · 2015
Essential Albums
- “Love, it will not betray you, dismay, or enslave you/ It will set you free/ Be more like the man, you were made to be.” So exclaims Marcus Mumford on the tempestuous opening track to his band’s first record album. This full-throated and gallant rallying cry sets the temperature for what became a landmark debut. Everything that led to the Londoners’ rise to superstardom is here: joyful exuberance, sincerity, melodrama, and yes, lots of glorious banjo. It’s all animated by rich harmonies, lightning-fast picking and epic crescendos, with tracks like “Little Lion Man” and “The Cave” quickly defining the arena-folk sound the band would popularise. A truly memorable British album.
Albums
Artist Playlists
- Prepare to be stirred by rambunctious, full-throated folk.
- Mumford's folk, bluegrass and indie rock forefathers.
- Bluegrass meets pop: Here be banjos.
Live Albums
More To Hear
- Marcus Mumford on writing "Good People" with Pharrell.
- The band on “A Love International.”
- Diplo selects music and FaceTimes Marcus Mumford.
- The band on Delta, and the ten-year anniversary of Sigh No More.
- Standout songs from the trendsetting band’s Essentials playlist.
- The British group go deep into their fourth album, Delta.
- The band chat in New Orleans, plus a ROSALÍA World Record.
About Mumford & Sons
For a band that started out relying mostly on acoustic instruments and barely any drums, Mumford & Sons fashioned a mighty big sound from the get-go. They could be regarded as folk-rockers, but the band—formed in West London in 2007—harness the kind of passion, power and inspirational drive usually associated with the likes of U2. Main man Marcus Mumford and his cohorts Winston Marshall, Ted Dwane and Ben Lovett (all of whom play multiple instruments) began building their following from the ground up in and around London before releasing a string of DIY EPs and finally earning enough attention for Island Records to release their debut album, Sigh No More, in 2009. In an electronic-saturated pop era, that record's blend of back-porch picking and arena-ready presence leaned un-self-consciously in the opposite direction, invoking their native folk traditions as well as those of the U.S. But it was 2012 follow-up Babel that really cemented Mumford & Sons' star status. Its first single, the banjo-charged, passionately swelling "I Will Wait", became an intercontinental smash, and the folk-rock floodgates opened. The band's success cleared a path for kindred unplugged spirits like The Lumineers, but by the time Mumford & Sons released their third LP, 2015's Wider Mind, they'd already evolved into another phase, tamping down the folk and amping up the rock, a process they further refined over the next three years, achieving an even more widescreen sound on Delta.
- ORIGIN
- London, England
- FORMED
- December 2007
- GENRE
- Alternative