Mumford & Sons, I Will Wait

Mumford & Sons are a very interesting English folk rock band, created in 2007.

The band is composed by Markus Mumford (vocals, guitar, drums and mandolin), Ben Lovett (vocals, accordion, drums and keyboards), Country Winston Marshall (vocals, guitar, dobro and banjo) and Ted Dwane (vocals, drums, guitar and string bass).

For a brief shortline story about Mumford & Sons, check one of our first posts about them here.

Their debut record Sigh No More was released in October 2009. This record was pretty successful and granted the band a bunch of loyal fans and very good reviews from critics besides its fair recognition.
In late 2010, the band were "road-testing" some of the songs like Broken Crown and Below My Feet, being played on several times before their official release.
In 2011, they revealed that they were working on new songs for the upcoming album, with many of them being written before and during the composition of Sigh No More.

In 2012, they raised the parade. On July 16, Mumford & Sons officially released all the details to the very expected second album Babel, including its date release - September 24, 2012 - and a track listing of 12 songs; a deluxe edition would count with three extra songs.

Although, on Babel it's noticeable a very clear sound similarity to their debut record, the band admit that it was intentional and they took their own time to develop and to perfect their characteristic sound.

Babel became the fastest selling album of 2012 in the UK, selling more than 158.000 copies only in the first week.

The lead single of Babel, I Will Wait, premiered on BBC's Radio 1 show hosted by Zane Lowe on August 7 and a few days later, a first performance of the song would be launched on the US festival Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
About the song, Markus Mumford explained to MTV: "reflects the band's hectic life on the road - which shaped the new album's sound." and Ted Dwane shared with Rolling Stone: "Being away so much for the last couple of years is inevitably a theme on the record, because it's something that we've all shared."

But for sure one thing is clear - I Will Wait it's a pretty good indie folk song, representing all Mumford & Sons talent and their approach it's incredible, catchy and really fresh.