Right I know I’ll get shot for this one but bands that everyone thinks are a bit shit can still sometimes write songs that have a resonance for you – this was a track I listened to in the car on the way back from visiting my dear old friend Tom who was about to die. He was 90 and was ready to go but his feelings at the end of his life were basically the refrain “Give me hope in the darkness that I will see the light”. At about 3’10” this song kicks into something quite magical – as one of the comments below the track on YouTube says: “That fucking banjo man. Gets me every time.”
Well that's it for another week dear reader. We won't be updating on Monday sorry although from the looks of things we won't be doing anything at all on Monday other than mourning and playing Two Point Campus. We leave you with a track from the new album from Marcus…
Likeable EP from young Australians, for fans of Mumford And Sons, First Aid Kit and The Staves. Little Quirks are a band of siblings and cousins hailing from New South Wales in Australia. Sisters Abbey and Mia Toole have playing music with their cousin Jaymi since they were children and…
Mumford & Sons have announced details of their new album, "RUSHMERE", their first since 2018’s "Delta". It is set for release on 28th March through Island EMI Group. To coincide with this announcement, the band has also shared its debut single and the album’s title track. The band released their…
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I think we might be fighting a losing battle on this one Andy!
Bren
1 year ago
I am from Mexico and went to see them live the first time they came. Marcus was feeling a bit too good for the crowd,q turning his back on the people and just “doing his job” making obvious his dislike, but Mexicans have a big heart for people and music and by the middle of the gig, he was loving it and so did we. I been to every concert after and now it’s obvious that he loves Mexico as much as we love them. This is a song that touches my core. I instinctively listen to it with my eyes closed and paying attention to every word and musical note and when the piano and banjo play, tears always seem to show. To your expertise and learned education, they might be shit, but the heart and soul don’t lie, they are gold.
You should get shot.
For saying that the band are shit!
I think we might be fighting a losing battle on this one Andy!
I am from Mexico and went to see them live the first time they came. Marcus was feeling a bit too good for the crowd,q turning his back on the people and just “doing his job” making obvious his dislike, but Mexicans have a big heart for people and music and by the middle of the gig, he was loving it and so did we. I been to every concert after and now it’s obvious that he loves Mexico as much as we love them. This is a song that touches my core. I instinctively listen to it with my eyes closed and paying attention to every word and musical note and when the piano and banjo play, tears always seem to show. To your expertise and learned education, they might be shit, but the heart and soul don’t lie, they are gold.
Just to clarify again I do not think the Mumfords are shit but there are a lot of Americana purists around these parts.