Mumford & Sons has announced the release of their new album, Wilder Mind. Their forthcoming album is scheduled for release on May 4 via Glassnote Records. The twelve track album was collaboratively written by the band in London, Brooklyn, and Texas.
Wilder Mind has already set the tone as a shift in the direction that we have come to expect from Mumford & Sons. “Towards the end of the Babel tour, we’d always play new songs during soundchecks, and none of them featured the banjo, or a kick-drum,” says Marcus Mumford. “And demoing with Aaron meant that, when we took a break, we knew it wasn’t going to involve acoustic instruments. We didn’t say: ‘No acoustic instruments.’ But I think all of us had this desire to shake it up. The songwriting hasn’t changed drastically; it was led more by a desire to not do the same thing again. Plus, we fell back in love with drums! It’s as simple as that.”
In addition to the announcement of their new album, Mumford & Sons has release the lineup for their 2015 Gentlemen of the Road Stopovers. Details for this tour can be found here. The track list for Wilder Mind is located below. The last time the group performed was in collaboration with Haim at the Glastonbury Festival. Any additional information on Mumford & Sons can be found on their official website.
Wilder Mind Tracklisting:
1. Tompkins Square Park
2. Believe
3. The Wolf
4. Wilder Mind
5. Just Smoke
6. Monster
7. Snake Eyes
8. Broad-Shouldered Beasts
9. Cold Arms
10. Ditmas
11. Only Love
12. Hot Gates