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Old 08-06-13, 04:36 AM
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Originally Posted by covenant
agreed.
Try Old Crow Medicine Show for a more authentic sound. Of course they're more bluegrass than folk.
Have to agree. And I really wanted to like M&S more (and bought the first CD). Just wasn't that impressed with seeing live footage of them. They came to Bristol, TN/VA on the "Gentlemen" tour, but it honestly seemed that so many fans (who came from as far away as Vermont) were more intrigued by wearing the Top Hats and creating a sort of Deadhead vibe than by the actual music. Never saw them live so hard to judge.

OCMS seems much looser and more spontaneous. As with all music, it's a matter of taste (duh).
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They headlined one night at Lollapalooza, and the Tribune said that half the audience left in the middle of the set.
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I love how they did this parody as their actual video for the new single.

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The big question who is the dad in the band?
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The big question who is the dad in the band?
is dad a euphemism for who is the top or dom?
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No Bill Maher wanted to know on his facebook page
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Originally Posted by PerryD
They headlined one night at Lollapalooza, and the Tribune said that half the audience left in the middle of the set.
It's true. I've never seen that side of the field as crowded as it was that day between The Lumineers and Mumford playing. There was no way I was sticking around for that. I left after seeing The National, who was incredible.But I know people who stayed and said half of the people were either talking or cleared out after hearing singles.
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Sounding different for their new upcoming record:

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not digging it.
Old 03-10-15, 07:31 PM
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So, not only did I start a thread 5 years ago praising Mumford & Sons, but I actually compared them favorably to The Pogues? Jesus. Sorry, everyone.
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Generic Coldplay influenced pop. Hard to believe they thought their success was based on something other than the British Americana gimmick.
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Originally Posted by cungar
Generic Coldplay influenced pop. Hard to believe they thought their success was based on something other than the British Americana gimmick.
Exactly what came to my mind upon hearing that. Unfortunately.
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/feeling vindicated.
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British Avett Brothers wannabe hacks.
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That's the biggest change in direction I've ever heard in a band.
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Originally Posted by Gdrlv
So, not only did I start a thread 5 years ago praising Mumford & Sons, but I actually compared them favorably to The Pogues? Jesus. Sorry, everyone.
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I dig there new album. Kinda funny reading some of the recent comments of all the hate for them then going and reading the first page of comments and have the same people say how much they enjoy them. I still love there music and the new album is great.
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I dig there new album. Kinda funny reading some of the recent comments of all the hate for them then going and reading the first page of comments and have the same people say how much they enjoy them. I still love there music and the new album is great.
I don't understand the hate either. I can't imagine how sophisticated anyone here's music stylings could possibly be. You're posting on an almost defunct website for DVD connoisseurs for god's sake.
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I like Believe, don't like The Wolf. Haven't heard the rest.
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The change in sound is understandable considering how many other bands/artists have copied it since thier intiall success. You can't go 10 minutes of listening to radio these days without hearing it. To put out a record now in that same style would be redundant, as it's already getting pretty tiresome.

As for Mumford's new album, it kind of reminds me when Kings Of Leon similarly changed thier sound on thier fourth album, Only By Night. Same more commercial, arena rock styled sound, in the vein of U2 and Coldplay. The songs are decent enough, but once you've taken out the folkier aspect of the first two albums, there's really nothing much to set them apart from the previously mentioned bands.
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Listening to the album via Amazon Prime. I dig it. Some songs are alittle too slow for my tastes, but most songs have been solid.
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I was a big fan of their first two albums but this album smacks of watering down their music for long-term mainstream acceptability. I dropped Coldplay as one of my favorite bands along the way when they decided to adopt that approach.
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We're delighted to finally share Guiding Light with you, the first single from our upcoming album Delta!
Delta will be released on November 16th
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A great chorus made for pop anthem material. However, the verses really don't flow that well for me.

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