Comments on: Mumford & Sons – Love Your Ground

By: Dylan

Dylan — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:08:33 +0000

Katie’s possibly struck an interesting point there, and it’s something that’s crossed my mind too.

After setting the bar as high as they have with their initial impact, Mumford & Sons’ challenge really is where to take things next to avoid getting stuck in a rut.

I think they have the talent and self-belief to meet that challenge and take their sound somewhere interesting, but they may have to sit down, take stock and try and break a few of the moulds they’ve made for themselves.

I don’t want to start a backlash here – I love this band’s music and I really believe they’re one of the most exciting and unique British acts around right now; but in terms of reigning in all that talent and potential, the hard work is just beginning for them.

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:45:33 +0000

I went to see them for the second time in Manchester a few weeks ago and I have to say I was a bit disappointed. After such a great start I was expecting them to keep improving exponentially but it just felt like they’d found a furrow to plough (albeit a very good one) and were sticking in it. They did a cover at the end that stuck out like a sore thumb and put the rest of their work in perspective, showing how it used pretty much the same formula every time. Consistently good but not enough brilliance, although they undoubtedly perform with passion. And the gig was rammed, these guys are so popular, and it made a stark contrast to the O’Death gig I’d been to shortly before which was almost literally a one man and his dog audience. Absolutely criminal.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:25:40 +0000

I don’t think I can really add much to that.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:03:35 +0000

It’s a difficult one. There’s no escaping the fact that this is a fucking excellent EP performed by four (plus a couple of guests) immensely talented and passionate guys, and it’s still not quite as good as as Lend Me Your Eyes.

If you were to buy an album that featured eight songs as good as the tracks spread across the two EPs – you’d be over the moon with your purchase.

Also, if the Mumford boys had put White Blank Page on one EP and Awake My Soul on the other – we might be proclaiming our astonishment at how they can string together such consistently breathtaking releases.

I’ve written the same as Matthew, haven’t I?.. But fuck it – these guys are great, and there isn’t much out there at the moment that can touch even their second best release to date.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:23:54 +0000

This unexpected Mumford and Sons post has made my day I think I read about them here first, and then I went to see them at the Secret Garden Party and they were AMAZING. I can’t really describe how excellent they were. Are. Yeah.
Also this whole blog makes me happy – I’m doing my year abroad in France right now and I really miss Edinubrgh. It’s nice being kept up tp date. x