Mumford & Sons (1 Viewer)

[biggamer3]

Wow, Babel getting panned in reviews.

I have listened to Babel a few times. If you liked Mumford's first album you will like Babel. I personally love the title track as well as Below My Feet and Lovers Eyes as best tracks

 

[B-Deep]

Listening now

 

[audiophile]

Wow, Babel getting panned in reviews.

I have listened to Babel a few times. If you liked Mumford's first album you will like Babel. I personally love the title track as well as Below My Feet and Lovers Eyes as best tracks

FWIW.....15 reviews on Amazon right now - every single one of them 5 stars.

 

[Topes]

They're highly pimped in Rolling Stone magazine. Seems every issue for the last couple years has a black & white shot of these guys. One of them is always holding a guitar and beaming joyously while singing.

As such, I've avoided them like the plague.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Inexplicably, the CD is $2 cheaper than the MP3 download at Amazon.

 

[beavers]

They're highly pimped in Rolling Stone magazine. Seems every issue for the last couple years has a black & white shot of these guys. One of them is always holding a guitar and beaming joyously while singing.As such, I've avoided them like the plague.

You don't like happy singers?I like the new album.

 

[Juxtatarot]

Wow, Babel getting panned in reviews.

I have listened to Babel a few times. If you liked Mumford's first album you will like Babel. I personally love the title track as well as Below My Feet and Lovers Eyes as best tracks

FWIW.....15 reviews on Amazon right now - every single one of them 5 stars.

Then there's stuff like this:

On balance, “Babel” is tedious and repetitive in the extreme, resolving time and again to the same acoustic guitar, banjo and drums-driven buildup that feels ineffectual either as folk music or indie rock. Almost without exception (the brief “Reminder” at least temporarily tamps down the melodrama), this is inessential music best suited for the culminating scenes of rom-coms or the occasional cellphone commercial.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/mumford-and-sons-babel-album-review/2012/09/24/2f48f3e6-03f3-11e2-9b24-ff730c7f6312_story.htmlI listened to the first half of it on the way to work this morning. I liked what I heard, but what can I say? I'm apparently a sucker for banjo crescendos.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Then there's stuff like this:

On balance, "Babel" is tedious and repetitive in the extreme, resolving time and again to the same acoustic guitar, banjo and drums-driven buildup that feels ineffectual either as folk music or indie rock. Almost without exception (the brief "Reminder" at least temporarily tamps down the melodrama), this is inessential music best suited for the culminating scenes of rom-coms or the occasional cellphone commercial.

http://www.washingto...6312_story.html

This review is the perfect microcosm for pedantic music criticism.

 

[B-Deep]

i never read music critics

i like the new CD

their cover of the boxer is really good, by the way

 

[audiophile]

Inexplicably, the CD is $2 cheaper than the MP3 download at Amazon.

Just bought the CD for $7.99 at my local indie record store.

 

[biggamer3]

Wow, Babel getting panned in reviews.

I have listened to Babel a few times. If you liked Mumford's first album you will like Babel. I personally love the title track as well as Below My Feet and Lovers Eyes as best tracks

FWIW.....15 reviews on Amazon right now - every single one of them 5 stars.

Then there's stuff like this:

On balance, “Babel” is tedious and repetitive in the extreme, resolving time and again to the same acoustic guitar, banjo and drums-driven buildup that feels ineffectual either as folk music or indie rock. Almost without exception (the brief “Reminder” at least temporarily tamps down the melodrama), this is inessential music best suited for the culminating scenes of rom-coms or the occasional cellphone commercial.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/mumford-and-sons-babel-album-review/2012/09/24/2f48f3e6-03f3-11e2-9b24-ff730c7f6312_story.htmlI listened to the first half of it on the way to work this morning. I liked what I heard, but what can I say? I'm apparently a sucker for banjo crescendos.

this is why i dont really bother with music critics. Everyone has different tastes when it comes to music, no two people I know like the same bands, so of course you will have some "experts" pan an album.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Inexplicably, the CD is $2 cheaper than the MP3 download at Amazon.

Just bought the CD for $7.99 at my local indie record store.

Damn, that's cheap. The indy store here usually charges $13.99.

 

[eurotrashman]

meh

 

[Vision6]

very good album

 

[Sand]

One word review: Brilliant.

 

[mon]

One word review: Brilliant.

 

[AAABatteries]

their cover of the boxer is really good, by the way

I was so stoked when I heard they did the cover of this as I love S&G. Just listened to it and love it. I don't get any hate - it's not like this is their 5th or 6th version of the Sigh No More album.

 

[Eviloutsider]

Love the album. Used it in two videos that my class and I have created (3rd grade teacher).

 

[Ignoramus]

Then there's stuff like this:

On balance, "Babel" is tedious and repetitive in the extreme, resolving time and again to the same acoustic guitar, banjo and drums-driven buildup that feels ineffectual either as folk music or indie rock. Almost without exception (the brief "Reminder" at least temporarily tamps down the melodrama), this is inessential music best suited for the culminating scenes of rom-coms or the occasional cellphone commercial.

http://www.washingto...6312_story.html

This review is the perfect microcosm for pedantic music criticism.

He can be pedantic. He can be pedantic!

 

[otb_lifer]

They're highly pimped in Rolling Stone magazine. Seems every issue for the last couple years has a black & white shot of these guys. One of them is always holding a guitar and beaming joyously while singing.

As such, I've avoided them like the plague.

... no need for me to investigate any further ... thanks, Topes

 

[Buck Bradcanon]

Really like the track Hopeless Wanderer.

 

[BigJohn]

They're highly pimped in Rolling Stone magazine. Seems every issue for the last couple years has a black & white shot of these guys. One of them is always holding a guitar and beaming joyously while singing.

As such, I've avoided them like the plague.

... no need for me to investigate any further ... thanks, Topes

Sound logic.

 

[Apple Jack]

Then there's stuff like this:

On balance, "Babel" is tedious and repetitive in the extreme, resolving time and again to the same acoustic guitar, banjo and drums-driven buildup that feels ineffectual either as folk music or indie rock. Almost without exception (the brief "Reminder" at least temporarily tamps down the melodrama), this is inessential music best suited for the culminating scenes of rom-coms or the occasional cellphone commercial.

http://www.washingto...6312_story.html

This review is the perfect microcosm for pedantic music criticism.

Yet, that pretty much hits the nail right on the head explaining why many of us don't care for this band.

 

[Juxtatarot]

Really like the track Hopeless Wanderer.

I like the song but his two syllable pronunciation of wanderer is a bit annoying.

 

[Slider6]

They're highly pimped in Rolling Stone magazine. Seems every issue for the last couple years has a black & white shot of these guys. One of them is always holding a guitar and beaming joyously while singing.

As such, I've avoided them like the plague.

Not to mention playing a bass drum with his right foot and the tambourine with his left foot. How somebody can do both of those while playing guitar and singing is beyond me!

 

[Apple Jack]

They're highly pimped in Rolling Stone magazine. Seems every issue for the last couple years has a black & white shot of these guys. One of them is always holding a guitar and beaming joyously while singing.

As such, I've avoided them like the plague.

Not to mention playing a bass drum with his right foot and the tambourine with his left foot. How somebody can do both of those while playing guitar and singing is beyond me!

 

[Reepicheep]

I don't recall Sigh No More getting lots of great reviews from critics. Most of the songs followed the same basic parabola of start quiet/slow, build up, slow/quiet down, then build up really loud and fast, with an option to end big, or to get real quiet again. I rather enjoyed it, but Serious Music Critics consider this Very Bad Form. Haven't checked out Babel yet.

 

[Juxtatarot]

I don't recall Sigh No More getting lots of great reviews from critics. Most of the songs followed the same basic parabola of start quiet/slow, build up, slow/quiet down, then build up really loud and fast, with an option to end big, or to get real quiet again. I rather enjoyed it, but Serious Music Critics consider this Very Bad Form. Haven't checked out Babel yet.

It's more of the same. I like both albums but doubt I'll stay interested long term if they don't try to reinvent themselves.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I don't recall Sigh No More getting lots of great reviews from critics. Most of the songs followed the same basic parabola of start quiet/slow, build up, slow/quiet down, then build up really loud and fast, with an option to end big, or to get real quiet again. I rather enjoyed it, but Serious Music Critics consider this Very Bad Form. Haven't checked out Babel yet.

It's more of the same. I like both albums but doubt I'll stay interested long term if they don't try to reinvent themselves.

This.

 

[Apple Jack]

If they're going to do instrumental passages acoustically, they may want to try more than just strumming on chords really hard.

 

[Sand]

So this is the thread where the political circle jerkers use their aliai to do some music side jobs.

 

[jdoggydogg]

So this is the thread where the political circle jerkers use their aliai to do some music side jobs.

 

[fasteddie_21]

I like what I like

I don't have to have someone tell me that I should or shouldn't like it.

Music/art/fillintheblank critics...

I'll decide what I like. I like M&S, a lot. Weird that people need others to approve or disapprove their tastes.

 

[17seconds]

Just want to say that this is like the only band on the radio anymore. Every time I turn on alternative radio in SoCal, this #### is on.

 

[biggamer3]

They are my favorite band, love every song of theirs. Don't understand why they are so hated out there on the innerwebs. They have only 2 albums out and they spaced it out over a few years, its not like they are just releasing an album every year as a money grab

 

[17seconds]

Also would like to say I don't see what this band offers that you can't get any friday night at a decent Irish bar with live music

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

I have zero feelings when it comes to this band. Dont know their music that well so I can not judge. However they must be doing something right. I wanted to get my SIL a pair of tickets for one of their concerts in Camden, NJ and they sold out in minutes. No problem I go on ebay/stubhub and they are at minimum $400 a pair! Mumford & Sons > Rolling Stones???

 

[Apple Jack]

I have zero feelings when it comes to this band. Dont know their music that well so I can not judge. However they must be doing something right. I wanted to get my SIL a pair of tickets for one of their concerts in Camden, NJ and they sold out in minutes. No problem I go on ebay/stubhub and they are at minimum $400 a pair! Mumford & Sons > Rolling Stones???

Check the price of tickets for the Stones in Newark the next time you're looking.

 

[Abraham]

Also would like to say I don't see what this band offers that you can't get any friday night at a decent Irish bar with live music

That's why I like them. I'm 35 and have a 2 year old kid so "Friday night at a decent Irish bar with live music" is few and far between these days.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

They are my favorite band, love every song of theirs. Don't understand why they are so hated out there on the innerwebs. They have only 2 albums out and they spaced it out over a few years, its not like they are just releasing an album every year as a money grab

What, did Hinder fall out of favor?

 

[urbanhack]

MEH

 

[the moops]

Also would like to say I don't see what this band offers that you can't get any friday night at a decent Irish bar with live music

They offer a much bigger annoying factor

 

[dickey moe]

:folkhipstersnore:

 

[Redwes25]

Went to their concert last night at the Barclays center which was great. Played pretty much every song on both albums. Also, these guys play almost every instrument imaginable. At first I was not a huge fan of Babel but it has grown on me and think it is a great album and better than their first.

 

[beavers]

Purchased 4 tickets and 4 camping passes for the stop in Troy, OH. I have no idea if I'll go, but at least I have tickets. I'm sure if I don't make it, some hipster will buy them.

 

[cstu]

It's good music.

 

[jomar]

Purchased 4 tickets and 4 camping passes for the stop in Troy, OH. I have no idea if I'll go, but at least I have tickets. I'm sure if I don't make it, some hipster will buy them.

I was going to do the same for that show but that looks like Labor Day weekend so I had to pass right now. Maybe I'll end up buying them from you if you can't make it.

 

[biggamer3]

Went to their concert last night at the Barclays center which was great. Played pretty much every song on both albums. Also, these guys play almost every instrument imaginable. At first I was not a huge fan of Babel but it has grown on me and think it is a great album and better than their first.

I was there too, was an awesome show. Did you get a seat or center floor and have to stand? I was debating getting the floor but went with a seat at the end. This was like the first time i went to a concert and the band sounder better live than they do on their CD. Marcus Mumford did not miss one note. The Barclays is a great place to go to a concert, the speakers are great, lights are cool, nice vibe in their for a bigger arena show.Mumford has to start picking better opening acts, the ones i heard on Wednesday were terrible. One thing I will never understand are the people who leave before the final song which is their biggest hit "The Cave". I literally saw tons of people in my section leave right before it came on.

 

[urbanhack]

Also would like to say I don't see what this band offers that you can't get any friday night at a decent Irish bar with live music

They offer a much bigger annoying factor

yeeesh. these guys are not all that impressive.

 

[BigJohn]

Anybody with Showtime should check out 'Road to Red Rocks'. It's on quite frequebtly and is very well done.