Naturally refreshing

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Such music does not grow in a studio. On the contrary, this album sounds more as if you can capture the four boys only with the utmost effort and have to lock in a studio.
But it was necessary to hold this wonderful earthy, always contemplative time, but more often proud and spirited erupting music somehow.
Markus Dravs who had previously worked for example with Arcade Fire and Bjork was the four convinced of sparkling temperament and talent and to this task had assumed. He organized their daily routines and stuck it for four weeks with new ordinary instruments in the legendary Eastcote studio where even Brian Eno, the Arctic Monkeys or the Tindersticks had taken. However, they should not be formed, but also develop their own identity, only stronger. They told himself later that he brought them so to still move their moments.
And so the music sounds also. Each time can be felt pure enthusiasm. In the quiet moments that are more common to find in the first half of the songs and also in the moments in which the passion just so breaks out them. Marcus Mumford's rough but ursympathische voice comes from his lungs, no frills authentic and compelling. That he plus sovereign guitar drums and percussion operated, he was able to impressively prove as a companion of Laura Marling. Already there was obvious that this remarkable one-man show, which, however, was still somehow a rough diamond, must stand out from the background. With his friends Country Winston (banjo, dobro), Ben Lovett (keyboards) and Ted Dwane (bass) is him this very well done with twelve beautiful, often very melodic, sometimes almost anthemic pieces.

Mumford & Sons are therefore no family on the paper, but fraternized in the heart and so is this old-fashioned name program. Your music will sound simultaneously fashioned to country, bluegrass and folk, as well as fresh and new after ... yes what. Now it is difficult to accurately describe the ... yes they can do it, that this seemingly conservative values ​​Melange sounds airy, light and somehow modern.
The mind is controlled so classically romantic and timeless. The opening song is a quote from Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" puts the content march toward the four fiery romantics already clearly represents:
"Love it will not betray, dismay or enslave you / It will set you free / Be more like the man, you were made to be."

The recording is very direct and sonically neutral, but could bring the various instruments more transparent to the application. When all together give their best, then that sometimes sounds a bit massive.
Beautiful slice that very clear and pleasing stands out from the mass market and four absolute enthusiast presented in their favorite pastime. Songwriting may still development potential exist, musically is "Sigh No More" already beyond all doubt.
As a vinyl record is the whole again so nice to have a clean pressure on heavy plate and the lyrics are printed on the inner envelope. I mean it sounds better than the CD, but I've heard only in the store with all the same good headphones, so the comparison may be wrong.