2009: The Ones That Got Away #7: Mumford & Sons

By Milo | February 1, 2010

 

I have a terrible habit of ignoring bands because of my innate prejudices. In the case of Mumford & Sons, I thought it was an awful name, reminiscent of a terrible prime time sitcom starring Dawn French. Plus they’re apparently from London, but they do folky music, and frankly I wanted to keep that kind of thing to Scotland because London has too much good stuff already

Then there’s the fact that everyone else knew about them before me. I don’t like that either, frankly it puts me right off. Even listening to them, I want to hate it.  They seem to have mastered the ability to sound kind of like something else you might quite like but can’t put your finger on.  In fact they sound like an Edinburgh band! How dare they.

But then again it’s not bad either, I spose. Especially when the superfast banjos kick in and the singer emotes passionately and it all builds up into a crescendo. In fact, I’ve got to be honest, I like it quite a lot.

Video for The Cave which is the 3rd single from their 2009 debut album ‘Sigh No More’ and will be released on the 1st March 2010.

Little Lion Man (1st single)

 

www.mumfordandsons.com  

4 Comments

Dylan on 01/02/2010 at 10:31 pm.

I always liked the name..

Milo on 01/02/2010 at 10:40 pm.

Clearly I was wrong. I can see that now.. :)

Scotsman on 04/02/2010 at 5:30 pm.

Somehow everybody heard about this band before me. Usually I pride myself on learning about new bands before everyone else, but they definitely sneaked under my radar. I choose to blame Utah and the Mormons like I do for everything else that can’t possibly be my fault.

I’m glad i’m not alone on another fact, when I heard their music for the first time I was like ‘nice, but they remind me of someone else but I just can’t quite remember who it is’.

Milo on 04/02/2010 at 6:22 pm.

Excellent, glad someone else felt/feels the same way about them! Cheers for stopping by Mr Scotsman (from Utah)