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Wilder Mind by Mumford & Sons

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Who could blame Mumford & Sons for running away from their signature banjo stomp? Come 2015, when Wilder Mind saw spring release, so many bands had copped their big-footed folk jamboree that Mumford & Sons could feel the straitjacket constricting, so it's not a surprise that the group decided to try on something new. A change in fashion isn't strange -- no band wants to be pigeonholed -- but the odd thing about Wilder Mind is now that everybody else sounds like Mumford & Sons, Mumford & Sons decide to sound like everybody else. Without their old-timey affectations, the band seems interchangeable with any number of blandly attractive AAA rockers, a group that favors sound over song -- a curious switch for a purportedly old-fashioned quartet. Sometimes, the band do swing for arena-filling hooks and connect -- the quietly escalating "Believe," the incessant surge of "The Wolf," "Ditmas," which is the only song here that would scale to bare-bones acoustic arrangements -- but usually they subsist on a simmer, letting their immaculate, tasteful rock bubble quietly without ever threatening to spill over the edge. Often, the persistent, moody murmur recalls a diluted Kings of Leon, a comparison that can't help but underscore how Mumford & Sons have made the journey from retro throwback to glistening modern construction. Where once they carved their music out of reclaimed wood, they're now all steel and glass -- a bit sleeker but also a bit chillier. Such a description suggests this is a big shift, but it's all surface: underneath that exterior, Wilder Mind is the same Mumford & Sons, peddling reasonably handsome reconstructions of times gone by.

© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

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1
Tompkins Square Park
00:05:11

Robert Orton, MixingEngineer - James Ford, Producer, Percussion, Keyboard, DrumKit - Jimmy Robertson, Engineer - Ben Lovett, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Marcus Mumford, Guitar, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Ted Dwane, ComposerLyricist, BassGuitar - Winston Marshall, ComposerLyricist - Tom Hobden, Violin - Mumford & Sons, MainArtist - Harrison Cargill, AdditionalProducer - Tony Lake, AdditionalMixingEngineer

℗ 2015 Mumford & Sons

2
Believe
00:03:41

George Murphy, Engineer - Robert Orton, MixingEngineer - James Ford, Producer, Percussion, Keyboard - Jimmy Robertson, Engineer - Dave Nelson, Trombone - Ben Lovett, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Marcus Mumford, Guitar, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, DrumKit - Ted Dwane, ComposerLyricist, BassGuitar - Winston Marshall, ComposerLyricist - Aaron Dessner, AssociateProducer - Tom Hobden, Violin - Mumford & Sons, MainArtist - Tony Lake, AdditionalMixingEngineer

℗ 2015 Mumford & Sons

3
The Wolf
00:03:41

Robert Orton, MixingEngineer - James Ford, Producer, Percussion, Keyboard - Jimmy Robertson, Engineer - Ben Lovett, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Marcus Mumford, Guitar, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, DrumKit - Ted Dwane, ComposerLyricist, BassGuitar - Winston Marshall, ComposerLyricist - Aaron Dessner, AssociateProducer - Thomas Bartlett, AdditionalKeyboard - Mumford & Sons, MainArtist - Tony Lake, AdditionalMixingEngineer

℗ 2015 Mumford & Sons

4
Wilder Mind
00:04:38

Robert Orton, MixingEngineer - James Ford, Producer, Percussion, Keyboard, DrumKit - Jimmy Robertson, Engineer - Dave Nelson, Trombone - Ben Lovett, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Marcus Mumford, Guitar, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Ted Dwane, ComposerLyricist, BassGuitar - Winston Marshall, ComposerLyricist - Aaron Dessner, AssociateProducer - Mumford & Sons, MainArtist - Tony Lake, AdditionalMixingEngineer

℗ 2015 Mumford & Sons

5
Just Smoke
00:03:10

Robert Orton, MixingEngineer - James Ford, Producer, Percussion, Keyboard - Jimmy Robertson, Engineer - Ben Lovett, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Marcus Mumford, Guitar, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, DrumKit - Ted Dwane, ComposerLyricist, BassGuitar - Winston Marshall, ComposerLyricist - Aaron Dessner, AssociateProducer - Tom Hobden, Violin - Mumford & Sons, MainArtist - Tony Lake, AdditionalMixingEngineer

℗ 2015 Mumford & Sons

6
Monster Explicit
00:03:56

George Murphy, Engineer - Robert Orton, MixingEngineer - James Ford, Producer, Percussion, Keyboard - Jimmy Robertson, Engineer - Dave Nelson, Trombone - Ben Lovett, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Marcus Mumford, Guitar, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, DrumKit - Ted Dwane, ComposerLyricist, BassGuitar - Winston Marshall, ComposerLyricist - Aaron Dessner, AssociateProducer - Tom Hobden, Violin - Mumford & Sons, MainArtist - Tony Lake, AdditionalMixingEngineer - Benjamin Lanz, Trombone

℗ 2015 Mumford & Sons

7
Snake Eyes
00:04:08

George Murphy, Engineer - Robert Orton, MixingEngineer - James Ford, Producer, Percussion, Keyboard - Jimmy Robertson, Engineer - Dave Nelson, Trombone - Ben Lovett, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Marcus Mumford, Guitar, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, DrumKit - Ted Dwane, ComposerLyricist, BassGuitar - Winston Marshall, ComposerLyricist - Aaron Dessner, AssociateProducer - Tom Hobden, Violin - Mumford & Sons, MainArtist - Tony Lake, AdditionalMixingEngineer

℗ 2015 Mumford & Sons

8
Broad-Shouldered Beasts
00:04:20

Robert Orton, MixingEngineer - James Ford, Producer, Percussion, Keyboard - Jimmy Robertson, Engineer - Ben Lovett, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Marcus Mumford, Guitar, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, DrumKit - Ted Dwane, ComposerLyricist, BassGuitar - Winston Marshall, ComposerLyricist - Tom Hobden, Violin - Mumford & Sons, MainArtist - Tony Lake, AdditionalMixingEngineer

℗ 2015 Mumford & Sons

9
Cold Arms
00:02:49

Robert Orton, MixingEngineer - James Ford, Producer - Jimmy Robertson, Engineer - Ben Lovett, ComposerLyricist - Marcus Mumford, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ted Dwane, ComposerLyricist - Winston Marshall, ComposerLyricist - Mumford & Sons, MainArtist - Tony Lake, AdditionalMixingEngineer

℗ 2015 Mumford & Sons

10
Ditmas
00:03:38

Robert Orton, MixingEngineer - James Ford, Producer, Percussion, Keyboard - Jimmy Robertson, Engineer - Ben Lovett, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Marcus Mumford, Guitar, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, DrumKit - Ted Dwane, ComposerLyricist, BassGuitar - Winston Marshall, ComposerLyricist - Aaron Dessner, AssociateProducer - Thomas Bartlett, AdditionalKeyboard - Tom Hobden, Violin - Mumford & Sons, MainArtist - Tony Lake, MixingEngineer

℗ 2015 Mumford & Sons

11
Only Love
00:04:36

Robert Orton, MixingEngineer - James Ford, Producer, Percussion, Keyboard - Jimmy Robertson, Engineer - Ben Lovett, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Marcus Mumford, Guitar, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, DrumKit - Ted Dwane, ComposerLyricist, BassGuitar - Winston Marshall, ComposerLyricist - Mumford & Sons, MainArtist - Tony Lake, AdditionalMixingEngineer

℗ 2015 Mumford & Sons

12
Hot Gates
00:04:47

Robert Orton, MixingEngineer - James Ford, Producer, Percussion - Jimmy Robertson, Engineer - Ben Lovett, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Marcus Mumford, Guitar, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, DrumKit - Ted Dwane, ComposerLyricist, BassGuitar - Winston Marshall, ComposerLyricist - Aaron Dessner, AssociateProducer - Mumford & Sons, MainArtist - Tony Lake, AdditionalMixingEngineer

℗ 2015 Mumford & Sons

Review: Wilder Mind - Mumford & Sons

Who could blame Mumford & Sons for running away from their signature banjo stomp? Come 2015, when Wilder Mind saw spring release, so many bands had copped their big-footed folk jamboree that Mumford & Sons could feel the straitjacket constricting, so it's not a surprise that the group decided to try on something new. A change in fashion isn't strange -- no band wants to be pigeonholed -- but the odd thing about Wilder Mind is now that everybody else sounds like Mumford & Sons, Mumford & Sons decide to sound like everybody else. Without their old-timey affectations, the band seems interchangeable with any number of blandly attractive AAA rockers, a group that favors sound over song -- a curious switch for a purportedly old-fashioned quartet. Sometimes, the band do swing for arena-filling hooks and connect -- the quietly escalating "Believe," the incessant surge of "The Wolf," "Ditmas," which is the only song here that would scale to bare-bones acoustic arrangements -- but usually they subsist on a simmer, letting their immaculate, tasteful rock bubble quietly without ever threatening to spill over the edge. Often, the persistent, moody murmur recalls a diluted Kings of Leon, a comparison that can't help but underscore how Mumford & Sons have made the journey from retro throwback to glistening modern construction. Where once they carved their music out of reclaimed wood, they're now all steel and glass -- a bit sleeker but also a bit chillier. Such a description suggests this is a big shift, but it's all surface: underneath that exterior, Wilder Mind is the same Mumford & Sons, peddling reasonably handsome reconstructions of times gone by.

© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

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