Sunday, October 21, 2012

CD - Mumford and Sons: Babel


Gloriously British four-piece, Mumford and Sons, revived the plateauing folk renaissance three years ago with their Billboard, BRIT and Grammy award winning debut, Sigh No More, and now they've returned with their follow-up album, Babel, which is, happily, more of the same.

The only change, and there was no need to change at all, is the inclusion of a few more ballads to mitigate the dizzying crescendos that dominate the rest of their tracks.

Still sounding like the best Irish wedding band ever, with their cacophonous arrangement of crashing drums, urgent vocals and layer upon layer of guitars, ukuleles, banjos or whatever set up it is they've got going on, Mumford and Sons have proven their first release was no fluke and have cemented themselves as one of our greatest contemporary musical exports.  

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