Tag: Mumford & Sons

Mumford and Sons unveil Little Lion Man Video

Verge-of-a-breakthrough band Mumford and Sons have released their debut video out into the internets.

The foursome, who FFS interviewed when they were just six months old, play to an empty venue with as much vigour as they played to a packed borderline this week in the video, which is available on their myspace.

Mumford and Sons album details, intimate gig, studio troubles

FFS are delighted to say that Mumford and Sons have announced their eagerly anticipated – and never has the phrase been so apt – debut album, Sigh No More, will be released on 5th October though Gentlemen of the Road/Island Records.

Laura Marling announces line-up for Southbank show

Laura Marling’s forthcoming gig at the Royal Festival Hall on 11th August has been sold out for some time, but the songstress has only just announced the full line-up. It is, unsurprisingly, a-maz-ing

Live Review: Mumford and Sons at Manchester Academy 2 09/05/09

Mumford and Sons opener ‘Sigh No More’ shoots the audience’s natter to pieces and the four part melodies swell and subside before the stunned eyes and ears of Manchester. It is easy to feel jealous of someone who’s never heard Mumford and Sons’ unique music before. Something this special has to be seen live to be believed, the sheer force of Mumford and Sons’ set shows they’re in a league of their own, something people are starting to notice.

End of the Road line-up proper swoon-worthy

End of the Road has a very special place in the hearts and minds of the FFS collective, as it was at this splendid festival last year that we began spreading the love that is our website. EOTR 2008 was just lovely – small, brilliantly curated and covered in fairy lights and ribbons.

Live Review: UK Folksters storm SXSW

SXSW (said South by Southwest) is a yearly Texan industry music festival. This year, a host of UK folksters took the festival by storm with music journos from across the pond giving rave reviews to Mumford and Sons in particular. FFS’s Matt Hardy takes us through his SXSW experience.

Single: Mumford and Sons – The Cave and the Open Sea

Finger picking into existence like a well-crafted paragraph with a lolling acoustic guitar riff sculpted rather than played, Mumford & Sons’ “The Cave and the Open Sea” immediately announces itself as something to be savoured.