Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind

The Grammy-winning band's third full-length album

Banjo-driven acoustic virtuosos unleash an electric sound

Mumford and Sons are trading their banjo-driven acoustic sound for something more electric on Wilder Mind, their long-anticipated third album. The new 12-track album was recorded at Air Studios, London and produced by James Ford (Arctic Monkeys), HAIM, Florence + The Machine) with a number of the songs written in Aaron Dessner's (The National) garage studios in Brooklyn.

Since they formed in December 2007, the members of Mumford & Sons have shared a common purpose: to make music that matters, without taking themselves too seriously. Four young men from West London in their early twenties, they have fire in their bellies, romance in their hearts, and rapture in their masterful, melancholy voices. They are staunch friends - Marcus Mumford, Country Winston, Ben Lovett, and Ted Dwane - who bring their music to us with the passion and pride of an old-fashioned, much-cherished, family business.

The four friends were playing various instruments in various bands in London throughout the summer of 2007. They were united to perform impromptu renditions of Marcus' earliest attempts at song-writing in front of crowds of friends in sweaty underground folk nights in the capital. They bonded over their love of country, bluegrass and folk, and decided to make music that sounded loud, proud and live - taking music that could often be pretty and delicate, and fill it with enthusiasm, courage and confidence.