Mumford & Sons - Roll Away Your Stone
These platinum selling folk'n'rollers are set to turn the notoriously muddy festival fields of the UK into dancing dust-bowls, adding energy to influences, notably including Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. Debut album Sigh No More is riding the crest of the recent folk revival which has propelled the likes of Laura Marling and Noah And The Whale into the mainstream. The record effortlessly incorporates the group's love of country and bluegrass, providing dobro driven chart anthems (not an often used phrase).
Roll Away Your Stone is a jaunty banjo jangle exuding the confidence the quartet have in handling delicate genres to create something altogether powerful. A melancholic build gives way to jublilance as foot stomping, crowd jumping and tambourine clasping ensues. The new single is available from the June 7 and will be accompanied with the B-side live recording of White Blank Page from one of the band's recent headline dates at London's Shepherds Bush Empire.
The band are becoming increasingly hard to catch, as their live performances further fuel their swelling fanbase. Imagine George Formby's banjo antics, but with all the punch of George Foreman. An almost completely sold out American tour awaits them before you can catch them on the long list of summer festival dates below.
Tour Dates
25th June - Glastonbury Festival (John Peel stage)
2nd July - Eden Project, Cornwall (with Doves)
3rd July - Hop Farm Festival, Kent
10th July - Oxegen Festival, County Kildare Ireland
11th July - T In The Park, Kinross Scotland
18th July - Latitude Festival, Suffolk
15th August - Summer Sundae Festival, Leicester (headline)
22nd August - Green Man Festival, Powys, Wales
27th August - Reading Festival
29th August - Leeds Festival
5th September - Electric Picnic Festival, Stradbally Ireland
11th September - Bestival, Isle of Wight
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6:33 AM | 28/05/2010
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