The year was 2012. Mumford & Sons, whose slow-burn 2009 blockbuster Sigh No More was still selling like crazy, released a sophomore full-length called Babel and basically took over the world. Slinging passionately howled, foot-stomping acoustic anthems and dressed in old-timey garb, they became one of those bands so pervasive and so polarizing that among […]
Stereogum — The year was 2012. Mumford & Sons, whose slow-burn 2009 blockbuster Sigh No More was still selling like crazy, released a sophomore full-length called Babel and basically... more info