Currently listening to Mumford and Sons accomplished set, the first time I've listened to Mumford in months and was struck once again by the beauty of White Blank Page. It's two years now since I first mentioned that track on here and their meteoric rise since has been nothing short of deserved.
White Blank Page will always rise above the rest of Mumford's material but if I'd discovered them when perhaps there was more material then maybe I wouldn't have become so attached.
Still, the change in tempo for the chorus is inspired, fully exploiting that sickening feeling
"Tell me now, where was my fault,
In loving you with my whole heart"
Mumford are one of those bands that I've been lucky enough to watch from the beginning as they spearheaded "folk"'s unlikely charge to the fore and though it's no coincidence that they've become as successful as they have, I still find their album to be just a little formulaic by the end.
But anyway, that's picking holes in a near-flawless album.
Listen to the performances from Bonnaroo here, including sets from LCD Soundsystem, The XX, She & Him and The Dead Weather.
Make sure that if you do listen to the Mumford and Sons set, listen to Roll Away Your Stone at 58minutes, brilliant stuff
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