Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More

This is actually a very good album that I wasn’t particularly impressed with when I first listened to it. I first heard ‘The Cave’ nearly a year ago and I was intrigued by it. Then the two other singles appeared over the next couple of months and I was pretty excited about the album. The three singles have continued to receive a lot of airplay and when I first listened to the album I found myself tuning out until they came on. I was expecting all the tracks to be instantly catchy but that wasn’t the case. The tracks really need to be listened to in small chunks and if you give them a bit of time they reveal themselves to be just as good as the singles. The slower tracks are a little weak compared to the more up-tempo ones but that’s a small gripe. Give it a bit of time and it’ll worm its way into your head. After all who can resist a bit of banjo driven alt. folk? 7/10