When exchanging his acoustic guitar for an electric guitar in 1965 was big news. Mumford & Sons did not cause that much fuss fifty years later, but it was close. When the first singles from the third album Wilder Mind were released in early 2015, critics and fans were quick to underline the lack of acoustic guitars and banjos. Why would the men who were responsible for a folk revival with debut
… single Little Lion Man (2009) say goodbye to their characteristic sound? It was probably time for something new. And although Mumford & Sons on Wilder Mind appears much less original, it is not that the quartet now sounds like any other rock band. The British band has enough good songs, such as the sharp The Wolf and the powerful Cold Arms, to rise far above average. Mumford & Sons dares to take risks and keeps moving. And pop history shows that this usually has a positive effect. (JE)more
