Put down the inconceivably complex text book you’re supposed to be reading before venturing out along Bevois Valley tonight, and get yourself Mumford & Sons first album! Mumford & Sons, who formed in 2007, are a fresh new folk act recently signed to Island records. Their amazing debut album Sigh No More was released on October 6th of this year, but only peaked at number 11 in the album chart - this does not do it justice! When first hearing the record you would be forgiven for thinking that this band is from the Deep South because of its folky, American feel, but in fact the band consists of four West London boys who have managed to perfect a raw, soulful folk-rock sound.

Every track on Sigh No More incorporates the amazing affinity the band have with their instruments and their ability to blend their voices seamlessly. Tracks such as ‘Roll Away Your Stone’ and the first single released from the album, ‘Little Lion Man’, are much more energetic than ‘White Blank Page’ or ‘Awake My Soul’. That being said, by no means do I intend to portray that the more mellow tracks are in turn less enjoyable. In fact, one of my favourite tracks from the album, ‘Timshel’, is one of the slowest yet its simple acoustic melody allows the echoing raw emotion of the layered vocals to unravel into you. Some may find the lyrics a little too teen angst as most of them are about being in love and the aftermath of it, but I think we all secretly desire to be a little bit emo though, don’t we?