Mumford & Sons Release New Song “The Wolf” from Upcoming Album Wilder Mind
Band To Perform on “Saturday Night Live” This Coming Weekend
Native Londoners Mumford & Sons are pleased to share their new song “The Wolf,” the second track from their forthcoming third album, Wilder Mind. Listen to the song at the link below:
The guys getting goofy…
The band will also be performing this weekend on “SNL,” so be sure to tune into NBC on Saturday at 11:30 pm /10:30 pm central!
Wilder Mind, produced by James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, HAIM, Florence & The Machine), will be released in North America through Gentlemen of the Road / Glassnote Records on May 4. 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, but 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.
Photo by Ed Warren
This new album marks a significant departure for the young British band ~ Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford, Winston Marshall ~ from their previous records, 2009’s Sigh No More, and their sophomore album, 2012’s Grammy-winning Babel. The early sessions in New York and London for Wilder Mind witnessed a change in the band’s approach to not just 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,” sharing that it came about by through a combination of both accident and conscious decision.
Wilder Mind Tracklisting
- Tompkins Square Park
- Believe
- The Wolf
- Wilder Mind
- Just Smoke
- Monster
- Snake Eyes
- Broad-Shouldered Beasts
- Cold Arms
- Ditmas
- Only Love
- Hot Gates
The album is available to pre-order now, with “The Wolf” and first single “Believe” available as instant downloads with all pre-orders.
Pre-Order: Mumford & Sons’ Wilder Mind
Stream: Mumford & Sons’ “Believe”
Stream: Mumford & Sons’ “The Wolf”
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 more details, visit this site, and for a complete tour schedule, head here or check out the poster at the bottom of the page. Agrees the band, “We can’t wait to get it out there and get back to playing live shows!“
Check out the 3rd and final track that the band has just decided to share with us before the album is released: Watch “Snake Eyes” in full here, and order it via iTunes or Spotify!
Mumford & Sons at Lee’s Palace, photo by Alex Oakley
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