This blog is born of a New Year's resolution challenging myself to write every day. My goal is to regularly update this space with short music reviews—mainly songs, as that seems most manageable, but hopefully some albums as well—in order to exercise my skills of artistic critique (and perhaps expand my own sonic horizons in the process).
Friday, August 10, 2012
"I Will Wait" Mumford & Sons
Fans have been eagerly anticipating new Mumford & Sons music since the Grammy-approved folk rockers broke through with the #1 alternative hit "Little Lion Man" in 2010. "I Will Wait," the lead single from their sophomore album, Babel, provides a bit of shock to the system when it kicks off with a peppy banjo line that is strikingly reminiscent of that signature song. But it quickly evolves into an impassioned plea of heartbreak all its own. Marcus Mumford's vocal performance, a nearly spiritual cry of yearning amplified by layered harmonies, is a knockout. A
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