Mumford & Sons Release New Song "Believe" From Upcoming Album Wilder Mind

Mumford & Sons are pleased to share their new song “Believe,” the first single from their forthcoming third album, Wilder Mind. Listen to the song at the link below:

Wilder Mind will be released in North America through Gentlemen of the Road / Glassnote Records on May 4. It is produced by James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, HAIM, Florence & The Machine). It features twelve new tracks, written collaboratively by the band in London, Brooklyn, and Texas. A number of the new songs were written and demoed at Aaron Dessner’s (The National) garage studios in Brooklyn. The band also returned to Eastcote Studios in London, where they recorded Sigh No More, for further writing and demo sessions. The album was recorded at AIR studios in London.

This new album marks a significant departure for the young British band from their previous records, 2009’s Sigh No More, and 2012’s Babel. The early sessions in New York and London witnessed a change in the band’s approach not just to writing and recording, but to texture and dynamics, too. There is a minimalist yet panoramic feel to the new album, whose sound Marcus Mumford describes as “a development, not a departure.” It came about by both accident, and by conscious decision.

“Now i just want to get a few bits thrown in here as well as the rest of this article, not really sure where the best place was to fit it, but right here smack dab in the middle seems just about right. This way you should all see it and if you don’t you’re either not reading this properly or skipping around all willy nilly to find the bits you want. I know it’s a bit of a change to have someone who posts these things to really comment on any of this, but I feel given a lot of the uproar about this single that I would jump in and throw my two cents into the ring. So Mumford & Sons eh, who honestly didn’t love this band when they first got on the scene with their first album? I know I sure as shit did, yes I did waiver a little bit when Babel came out but it was still a pretty solid album. Now suddenly their back with something completely different. None of that old hat folk sound is found here. It’s a bit reminiscent of a Coldplay track and you know what thats fine by me because Coldplay is the shit. For some reason though, this has thrown die hard Mumford fans into a tizzy and they’re questioning themselves just because a band went and tried something new? Can you blame them though? Did you hear Babel? The same stuff didn’t really work all that well anymore. ‘Oh but they got a Grammy for it!’ and to that I say Elmo has a bloody grammy. It means nothing anymore. So what do you do when you’re stuck in that rut of being the same band for the rest of your life? Well you can either admit defeat and continue doing it or you can change it up and do something completely different, sure 9 times out of 10 it fails miserably but hell at least you tried. If the rest of Wilder Mind comes out anything like ‘Believe’ I will be all over this album. In the end, quit bitching and just enjoy it because it’s a rad track.”
-James Sparrow

The album is available to pre-order now, with “Believe” as an instant download.

Pre-Order: Mumford & Sons – Wilder Mind

Wilder Mind follows the 2012 release of Mumford & Sons’ sophomore album, 2012’s Grammy-winning Babel, the follow-up to their 2009 debut album, Sigh No More.

The band recently announced the details of their 2015 Gentlemen of the Road Stopovers, which will take place in Seaside Heights, NJ; Waverly, IA; Walla Walla, WA; and Salida, CO. For full lineups and details, visit http://www.Gentlemenoftheroad.com.