Mumford and Sons

"Hiatus" usually means a post-tour break followed by another album in two or three years, ie pretty standard for a band of this size. I'm sure Coldplay have said something similar between albums. More chance of a forgettable solo record here though.

"Indefinite hiatus" seems a little more forceful. Here's a Coldplay-style clarification:

"It happens to us every album. I say on stage, ‘I’ll see you in a bit’, then we always bring out another album and look silly because everyone’s like, ‘I thought you retired?'," Chris told The Sun.

"The album is definitely coming, unless the rest of the band decide to pursue their modelling careers of course – goodness knows mine is over."

Martin also told the Daily Star that he "fired up" about their future. "I've been writing songs and I'm so fired up about the band's future."

"I'm fortunate to do what I do and no way do I want to stop. This three-year break idea only came about because I said at a gig in Australia that we might not be back there for three years."

"That's probably true, but that's just how a world tour works. No chance are we taking a three-year break."

*five years later*

"Hi guys!...oh it's the Strokes revival time now, okay, never mind."

Be funny if these bands all had like a google calendar thing to synchronize the end of their respective breaks. Until a killjoy like Bowie crashes the party. I'm sure Suede logged on to google that and was all "that fucker, we've had this Tuesday booked for two years straight!"

I imagine a Lumineers and Monsters and Men break is probably already on the books, so Mumford had to take a break now to get the return timing right.

xp I think that at the end of long tours people are so frazzled that they're prone to dramatic statements but it's win-win for me: either I'm right and they'll be back in 2015 anyway or I'm wrong and I get to avoid this dreadful band for even longer.

https://twitter.com/HenjiBansen/statuses/381488261702488066
https://twitter.com/harmonicait/statuses/381482611283349504

lol

*applause*

Caitlin, White

so glad these guys won't be touring for a while, as a non-fan I was getting pretty sick of attending their concerts

The other week they played a show in my living room and I was, like, get the fuck out of here, I don't like you and my kids are trying to sleep.

Jeez, the nerve of this band.

So when these doofuses said they were going on hiatus for a long time, I guess they meant a year and some change. Like, you know, most bands do.

hope they go the way of Seven Mary Three

Hope they go the way of Lynyrd Skynyrd.

https://consequenceofsound.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/mumford-sons-wilder-mind.jpg?w=806&h=806
Milder Wind.

Sound the alarm...

Mumford and Sons’ banjoist is making techno as Tech No Notice
http://www.factmag.com/2015/07/24/mumford-sons-winston-marshall-techno-tech-no-notice/

The horror, the horror.

My dad wants the new Mumford and Sons album for Christmas, and I know he won't like it because he's thinking of their debut, what should I get him instead? What is the good Mumford and Sons? Band of Horses? I am way off my patch here. He doesn't want any Popol Vuh or Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith.

Fleet Foxes debut maybe?

the worzels

XP - Actually yeah, Bella Union might be the label of choice for this, The Acorn, Vetiver or Midlake perhaps?

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Go to source:

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thanks MaresNest! I'll try those.

I think he already has the Country Bear Jamboree album.

oops... and niels, I got him the Fleet Foxes for Christmas, what was it? wow ten years ago.

I'm weighing Greensky Bluegrass, Trampled by Turtles, Band of Horses, Of Monsters and Men, The Head and the Heart... the Lumineers keep coming up but they seem irritating.

Calexico, perhaps?

you should get ur dad the mumford and sons in addition to this other thing

I agree

yeah, I'm getting him their new album, plus another one in case, as I suspect, he doesn't care for it.

my biggest success was getting him a copy of Ocean Rain and him loving it so much he bought copies for relatives, who also loved it! But they hated every other album by the Bunnymen, so... tricky.

Random! I wonder if he'd like British Sea Power then?

He might like the Electric Ursa album by Joan Shelley

^^well, if we're allowed to just pick good folk records...

he does like Leonard Cohen, so I can always just snag him that $24 box set of all his albums save the last 2-3

buy him the mekons - fear & whiskey

I'm going to use my work week to audition all of these suggestions on Spotify, then make my decision this weekend. I'll let everyone know what he thinks of my choices in January.

first I have to give the Mumford and Sons album a few spins... please keep me in your thoughts

rip ;_;

I am MOR Persephone

you're impugning MOR there

l'm listening to Sigh No More and it's like a blander version of the Crane Wife? Maybe he'd like that

I think the record Hope Glory Mountain by The Acorn might work.

The Crane Wife, I forgot how Jethro Tull it is, so that's a blind alley

Calexico, perhaps?

― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, November 25, 2018 3:05 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Calexico, thanks VegemiteGrrl and Evan... they have a big catalog, what's a good album?

Well, Ned actually might be the best authority around here in regards to the latest couple of albums which for some reason I keep forgetting to check out in full.

Otherwise, their most desert themed and musically experimental material is everything they did up until Garden Ruin, which was a sort of jarring shift at the time towards a more overall straightforward Wilco style pop approach. So I'd recommend that unless one of the new ones is better place to start.

Actually, you know what I'm going go all in on the daring recommendation that you start him off with a live album. They are fun live and can win most people over that way despite familiarity.

Therefore, highly recommend: Ancienne Belgique ~ Live In Brussels 2008

It might just be crazy enough to work.

hazel, what about Andrew Bird? He's got the rootsy thing down, plus violin pizzicato, and WHISTLING.

Break it Yourself is a great record.

added to the playlist!

so I ended up getting him Iron and Wine "Around the Well" and Of Monsters and Men "My Head is an Animal" (and the Mumford and Sons new one, which he asked for)... we'll see what he thinks

thanks all again for the suggestions! Calexico and Midlike I also think he might dig... maybe for his birthday in a couple months?

How did he get on with the purchases, f.hazel?

we listened to the new Mumford and Sons on Christmas Day, and he noted the difference in sound from the debut but seemed pleased... no word on the other two I chose as ancillary gifts, except he liked the idea of new music to try out! He's coming up to hang out next weekend, I'll post an update then!