MUMFORD & SONS Sigh No More (CD)

(Universal Island Records) 12 tracks

Since their formation in December 2007, the members of Mumford & Sons have shared a common goal: to make music that matters without taking themselves too seriously. Four young men from west London in their early twenties have fire in their bellies, romance in their hearts and rapture in their masterful, melancholy voices. They are stalwart friends - Marcus Mumford, Country Winston, Ben Lovett and Ted Dwane - who perform their music with the passion and pride of an old-fashioned, cherished family business. They create a bold, old-fashioned sound that combines the magic of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young with the power of Kings Of Leon, and their incredible energy quickly draws us into the circle of their songs, the warmth of their stories and their magical community of bleary-eyed men.