{"id":7355,"date":"2012-09-12T21:57:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T04:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=7355"},"modified":"2012-09-12T21:57:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T04:57:00","slug":"mumford-sons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/09\/mumford-sons\/","title":{"rendered":"MUMFORD &#038; SONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7356\" title=\"MUMFORD-and-SONS-M-Review-JulyAugust2012\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/MUMFORD-and-SONS-M-Review-JulyAugust2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/MUMFORD-and-SONS-M-Review-JulyAugust2012.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/MUMFORD-and-SONS-M-Review-JulyAugust2012-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>M<\/strong><strong>UMFORD &amp; SONS<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong><em>Babel<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Glassnote]<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Returning after a multiplatinum, Grammy-nominated breakout album is no easy task, but with <em>Babel<\/em>, Mumford &amp; Sons fight valiantly against the sophomore slump. The raucous title track gets things off to a strong start, as the U.K. foursome\u2019s tight harmonies and foot-stomping arrangement support frontman Marcus Mumford\u2019s defiant, snarling vocals. Other tunes benefit from a similar formula\u2014Mumford\u2019s anguished howl set against thumping drums and steady, rolling banjo\u2014but when the band eschews its usual thundering crescendos, it makes for some pleasant surprises. \u201cReminder,\u201d a sparse track with tender vocals and soft guitar, is among the record\u2019s highlights. As with 2009\u2019s <em>Sigh No More<\/em>, <em>Babel<\/em> centers heartbreak and despair, but \u201cNot With Haste\u201d closes the album with a glimmer of hope. \u201cI\u2019ll leave no time for a cynic\u2019s mind,\u201d Mumford sings. \u201cWe will be who we are \/ And they\u2019ll heal our scars \/ Sadness will be far away.\u201d That lyric, like the band itself, is full of promise. \u2013Juli Thanki<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MUMFORD &amp; SONS Babel [Glassnote] Returning after a multiplatinum, Grammy-nominated breakout album is no easy task, but with Babel, Mumford &amp; Sons fight valiantly against the sophomore slump. The raucous title track gets things off to a strong start, as the U.K. foursome\u2019s tight harmonies and foot-stomping arrangement support frontman Marcus Mumford\u2019s defiant, snarling vocals. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[196,4782,4783,4538,3591],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7355"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7357,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7355\/revisions\/7357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}