Mumford & Sons have now finished recording their eagerly awaited second album, but are prepared to ditch it all and start again if they ‘discover it’s shit’, according to the band’s keyboard player Ben Lovett.
“We’re done recording it,” Lovett tells this week’s NME. “But if we listen back while we’re mixing and discover it’s shit, we’ll just start again. We’re not going to put it out until it’s good enough.”
As previously reported on Live4ever, Mumford & Sons are set to roadtest their new album on a low-key UK tour which will kick off later this month. The band will begin the round of shows at Cardiff’s St David’s Hall on May 30th, ending at the Gateshead Sage Theatre on June 6th.
Also included in the tour itinerary will be two festival days curated by the band. The first, to be held on June 2nd at Huddersfield’s Greenhead Park, will include Michael Kiwanuka, Willy Mason, The Correspondents and Nathaniel Rateliff, while a second get-together at Galway’s Salthill Park on June 9th will feature performances from The Vaccines and Zulu Winter.
Tour dates:
MAY
Cardiff St David’s Hall (30)
Folkestone Leas Cliff Pavilion (31)
JUNE
Huddersfield Greenhead Park (2)
Bury St Edmonds The Apex (4)
Lowestoft Marina Theatre (5)
Gateshead Sage Theatre (6)
Galway Salthill Park (9)