This is not folk
music. Let me repeat, this is NOT folk music. I feel better now. Mumford & Sons are neither the folk revivalists they want to be, or like the great folk
artists of America. Pete Seeger would laugh at Mumford & Sons. Woody
Guthrie would write a song against Mumford & Sons. I don't endorse Mumford
& Sons because I think they're wrong in every way imaginable. Their
instrumentation, their appearance, their lyrics.. Just everything is sub-par to
Fleet Foxes. And now Mumford & Sons have a new single for their second
album, 'I Will Wait'
Do
they have a particular sound? Yeah, I guess. The fast paced banjo/guitar mix
has been done many times before, far more advanced and far more textured. Is
this sound good? I suppose so, it's respectable at most. Repetitive, is the
word on the tip of everyone’s tongue. Even the die-hard Mumford & Sons fans
can sense the repetitiveness of I Will Wait. It's not just this track; it's
everything about Mumford & Sons from debut to follow-up album. Where's the
changes, the advancement, the experience? They're nowhere to be seen. I Will Wait
has the same progressions, the same sounds, the same instrumentation and the
same lyrical direction as every track on their debut album. That's bad guys,
very bad. The albums out soon...
~Eddie