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.

"I came home

Like a stone

And I fell heavy into your arms

These days of dust

Which we've known

Will blow away with this new sun"

themed week // Mumford & Sons, Roll Away Your Stone

Mumford & Sons are a English folk rock band, created in 2007 and formed 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).

They appeared around the same time as bands and artists like Laura Marling and Noah And The Whale.
For more details about them, check Ana's post.

They've just released one album in 2009, Sigh No More, seven EPs and a live album.
A new one was announced by Ben Lovett on Mumford & Sons' show at Pinkpop festival, The Netherlands on May 28th,  that was going to be released on September 24th 2012 but the band's representative said it might have been a little premature.
So there are big expectations for the band's new album being release during this year.

Roll Away Your Stone was released has the forth single of their debut Sigh No More and the lyrics have clear Christian influences, due to Markus Mumford childhood education from his parents. There's a website - Shoreline - that describes this song perfectly.

On Shoreline's post, you can read
"It think that this simple but poetic verse gives a lot of insight into how grace can be practiced. In this verse, the singer contemplates being able to start over and to accept redemption, and knows that grace is supposed to work. Yet, the most powerful line come in the end. He realizes that it is not the punishment or pain that truly caused him to except grace, but it was that moment that he realized he would be welcomed back with open arms and no condition that he was changed."

A excellent explanation about this powerful song that reflects about accepting redemption and there's no pain or punishment but only grace to embrace others and help them.

Mumford & Sons are performing on the second day of Optimus Alive, alongside artists like Noah And The Whale and Florence And The Machine. Don't miss their performance.