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Album Review

Mumford and Sons
Sigh No More Island

Article written by Paul M - Nov 1, 2009

Mumford and Sons - Sigh no more

Mumford and Sons are another folk band from the incestuous London scene that has spawned Laura Marling and Noah and the Whale. Marling's former drummer Marcus Mumford is the focal point here with his rasping gravel dashed voice adding an emotional charge to their anthemic material but it’s no one man show as major parts of the appeal lie with the band’s ability to deliver four man harmonies over the layered orchestral musicianship. It’s nearly a great formula that delivers by the bucketload for the stronger songs that constitute the first two thirds of the album as earnest balladry sits side by side with pace switching banjo driven stop/start stompers. Dipped into, it stirs and shakes like a mighty pop blender but if there must be a criticism, it’s that as the lyrics transfer to the polar extremes of emotions, love and hate, lust and contempt, it can be hard work in one sitting. Yes, it all suits Mumford’s voice but by heck, it could do with just a smidgen of whimsy or a modicum of genial lyrical buffoonery to allow the listener a brief respite from an intense passionate buffeting. Still, that aside, it’s proved to be almost as good as the live shows promised… just be prepared for your lugs to be kicked and caressed in equal measure during it...

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