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Mumford & Sonsisnt our best rock band, but they might be the biggest.
AfterBabel, Mumford & Sons seemed to get tired of itself.
A hiatus after the tour for the album sparked premature rumors of a breakup.
When the band reconvened, the banjo player was telling people fuck the banjo.
3, 2015sWilder Mind, ditched the traditional building blocks of a Mumford song.
Working with Aaron Dessner of the National, the band came up with a propulsive, synth-based sound.
The thinking was solid.
A vital low end gave the band more to do than busk on the same plodding beat.
The new songs were intriguing but still a long way from great.
The value of the endeavor was getting the band to rethink and retool.
4, this weeks newDelta, is another reinvention.
The Wild is the song where everything comes together.
The wandering piano lines underfoot in October Skies and Wild Heart invite a jazzy flair.
These songs feel deeply considered, intensely labored over.
Woman is another entry in the long list of personal, confessional love songs that read like marital vows.
His band is growing, and now his pen needs to step up and meet the music halfway.
