Mumford and Sons

Backstage (what is backstage called when it's on a train anyway?) on the original Festival Express. At least they look like they're having fun. Unlike Señor Banjo above.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_dkavLVcN0

tbh this is already is po'white folk minstrelsy

So climb on board for a vibrant, raucous railway adventure. Filled with joyous crowds, late night laughter, endless music…and a train that was bound for glory.

It lives.

Mumford & Sons are pleased to announce the details of their forthcoming second album.

Babel will be released through Glassnote Records on September 25th, 2012. It is produced by Markus Dravs.

"We are more than excited to release Babel into the world. We had started writing new songs well before we got into the studio to record. At first, we peeled ourselves off the road quite reluctantly. We love playing live, obviously, but it had also become an important part of our creative process, we had been writing and rehearsing in soundchecks, and sort of 'road-testing' new songs on our very gracious audiences. But then we fell in love with recording again. The album started to come together, and with the help of Markus Dravs once more (and engineer Robin Baynton), we started to relish the challenge of making this album. As a band, we've never been closer or more collaborative, all working to our strengths. And so we feel that this record is a natural progression that we're proud of, and we cannot wait to take it out on the road." - Mumford & Sons

interview with the bawheid who signed these fucks in the guardian today

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jul/15/island-records-darcus-beese

It's kind of a nice story if you ignore all the terrible, terrible music he has helped put out.

ha yeah that's a good summary

i've heard 30 secs of this band's music to my knowledge, this pic doesn't make me want to hear more

http://media.avclub.com/images/414/414265/16x9/627.jpg?9162

My wife hates them, but she's the greatest.

is that Brendan Fraser on the left?

You look at that picture and you wonder how long before Mumford & Sons decide they want to sound like Springsteen with banjos.

what is that weird pose the blue-shirted one is doing

like is he trying to have swagger or be sexy or...something else that he's failing to do

can't believe one of them is married to carey mulligan

Dommy P OTM:

Dom ‏@ichlugebullets
Click on the "Mumford and Sons" TT, see lots of middle aged men go "hey, I hate this mainstream band, I'm still cool right?"

you just c/ped dom p :o

Imagine the energy wasted on 'hating' bands as a grown man, jesus.

i don't think it takes much energy

i can hate mumford & sons while lying down having a rest

i can hate mumford & sons without even thinking about it tbh

some kinds of hate to take a lot of time and energy but i would ask your mate dom about that

*do

The point is not to hate them. The point is to point and laugh at these ridiculous faux-yokel posh cunts.

i felt a little disgust when they did that weird racist irish youtube.

but yeah i was talking about these with a friend at the weekend and it was nice to realise i couldn't remember any of their music.

you just dont get his brand of comedy, lex, its not your fault.

can we still call them Cuntford and Cunts?

always "sons of mumford, load of retarded irish folk singers" forever imo

mumfords cumlords

xpost english

Hunt3r refers to Mark E Smith's complaint near the top of the thread.

my least favorite thing about everything

if british people want bluegrass, why don't they just listen to bluegrass? idgi

Even Via Brother couldn't bring themselves to 'Go Mumford'

Intro of a live review I did:

It may seem risky to launch a big tour before your hotly anticipated second album hits the shelves, but rest assured: Mumford & Sons’ sophomore release “Babel” (due September 24) doesn’t hit any beats that its smash debut “Sigh No More” failed to hit. “Beat,” of course, being the operative word here, as Mumford & Sons’ M.O. has thus far been to over-inflate boilerplate folk and roots cliches to anthem size and beat you over the head with them.

Punch Brothers>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Mumford & Sons

They don't want to listen to bluegrass, they want to listen to lumpy stadium rock with banjos.

Thugfolk.

In which xhuxk lays down the law:

http://www.spin.com/reviews/mumford-and-sons-babel-gentlemen-of-the-roadglassnote

"This ain't no sham / I am what I am/Though I may speak some tongue of old / Or even spit out some holy word."

I want a spoken word project with this guy, Bono and Chris Martin, ASAP.

xposting Punch Brothers is so above and beyond this stuff it's barely comparable, though yeah, they both have banjos.

In which Tom Hiddleston and Ewan McGregor reveal themselves to be profoundly, enthusiastically uncool. Read the whole conversation:

https://twitter.com/twhiddleston/status/251065139535695873

McGregor's an actor, he only pretends to be cool people in movies.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0009X766E.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

"Music composed to Heywood Jablonsky"

600k opening week

Babel posted the biggest first-week tally for a rock album since AC/DC's Black Ice debuted with sales of 784K in October 2008.

Americans: you have the Carolina Chocolate Drops. You even have Steve Martin. Why go for this bunch of pleomorphic Strawbs wannabes?

I wonder the very same thing myself.

Why blame America on this one? I have a hunch lots of people like these doofuses.

But WHY?

Why do people like the taste of Diet Coke?

Because it's REAL music made by REAL people and REAL instruments, none of this computer-press-a-button hyper-produced stuff that's in the charts. And they mean it, man. For heaven's sake, they're almost Christians, aren't they? What's not to like? Middle America loves 'em just like Daily Mail reading Middle England does.

(I don't like 'em, just in case you wondered. Have managed to avoid them as much as humanly possible, what I heard I hated)