Mumford & Sons will release their third album ‘Wilder Mind‘ on May 4th, preceded by the first single ‘Believe‘ on April 27th.
It was recorded at Air Studios in London with producer James Ford and is said to represent a significant move away from the band’s staple diet of banjo and acoustics.
“Towards the end of the Babel tour, we’d always play new songs during soundchecks, and none of them featured the banjo, or a kick-drum, we knew it wasn’t going to involve acoustic instruments,” Marcus Mumford explains.
“We didn’t say, ‘No acoustic instruments’, but I think all of us had this desire to shake it up. The songwriting hasn’t changed drastically; it was led more by a desire to not do the same thing again. Plus, we fell back in love with drums! It’s as simple as that.”
In celebration of their new album, Mumford & Sons will embark on more ‘Gentlemen Of The Road’ live dates with guests including The Flaming Lips, Alabama Shakes and The Vaccines.
The full details are:
Seaside Heights, New Jersey, USA, 5th June + 6th June
Mumford & Sons, The Flaming Lips, Alabama Shakes, The Vaccines, The Maccabees, Dawes, The Very Best, Jenny Lewis, Little May, JEFF The Brotherhood, Blake Mills + more TBC
Waverly, Iowa, USA, 19th June + 20th June
Mumford & Sons, The Flaming Lips, My Morning Jacket, Dawes, Jenny Lewis, The Maccabees, The Very Best, Rubblebucket, JEFF The Brotherhood, Blake Mills + more TBC
Aviemore, Scotland, UK, 31st July + 1st August
Mumford & Sons, Ben Howard, Primal Scream, The Maccabees, Simian Mobile Disco DJs, Lianne La Havas, Jack Garratt, King Charles, Honeyblood + more TBC
Walla Walla, Washington, USA, 14th August + 15th August
Mumford & Sons, Foo Fighters, The Flaming Lips, The Vaccines, Dawes, Jenny Lewis, TuneYards, James Vincent McMorrow, JEFF The Brotherhood, Blake Mills + more TBC
Salida, Colorado, USA, 21st August + 22nd August
Mumford & Sons, The Flaming Lips, Dawes, Jenny Lewis, The Vaccines, TuneYards, James Vincent McMorrow, JEFF The Brotherhood, Blake Mills + more TBC