Hey, everyone! My boyfriend wanted me to write a review for "Sigh No More" for his website, and I'm wondering if y'all could give me some feedback since he wants me to write Mehr in the future? haha
Von now, if Du haven't heard the name "Mumford & Sons," Du may be living in a cave with your fingers in your ears. With only one album, they’ve hovered at the oben, nach oben of the U.K. charts for 72 straight weeks, as well as earning high spots in all the other predominantly English-speaking countries—you can’t turn on a radio in the U.S. without hearing “Little Lion Man” at least once nowadays. This London-based quartet has tapped into the beliebt masses playing catchy folk with naught but a bass drum and a tambourine as their percussion on most of their songs, still somehow urging the listener to bounce up and down oder headbang while listening.
Sigh No Mehr is deliciously rife with musical explosions that are surprising on the first few listens, and once Du get used to them, Du wait on the edge of your sitz for them and have a braingasm when the Wand hits you. In the cases of “Little Lion Man” and “Roll Away Your Stone,” two of the four singles on the album, “Country” Winston Marshall’s insane banjo playing carries these intense moments rhythmically much further than any other instrument; in calmer songs such as “White Blank Page” and “I Gave Du All,” the peaks are Mehr gradual and paced, pulling the listener through the entire song despite the slower tempo.
Although Mumford is the lead, each of the members’ voices can be distinctly heard during invigorating choruses, as they all have a unique melodic line that enriches rather than overburdens the listener with noise. This makes them able to get away with just Singen an open “ahhh” on a few tracks without becoming boring, and when they go a capella, there’s nothing to do but bask in it.
Apart from the fact that they subtly lifted lines from Shakespeare and Hemingway, many of Mumford & Sons’s lyrics are simple yet so well-crafted that each song allows the listener to glean a story from them in their own minds. “Dust Bowl Dance” is one of the few on the album that doesn’t leave much room for personal imagination, but it still touches on the universal issue of unequal wealth distribution, as Mumford asks “One man has and the other has not/ How can Du Liebe what it is Du have got?”
“After The Storm” is a standout track, using no percussion whatsoever, a guitar, and Marcus Mumford’s gentle vocals. It’s certainly not the only one in which Liebe is mentioned, but it seems to be Mehr personal, and it is perfect to listen to after a quarrel - “Love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears,” Mumford sings amongst other romantic postulations that ultimately are about humbling yourself before the harsh world and helping your partner to survive.
The Titel track, “Sigh No More,” also declares that “love, it will not betray you, dismay, oder enslave you/ It will set Du free”, but it seems to invoke Liebe for your fellow man – it’s definitely the feel-good song on the album. The slow fade-in of Mumford’s gitarre eases the listener into the music, and each instrument adds itself on seamlessly, introducing their musical style so well that no other song could have worked as the first track.
Considering none of these musicians owned their own instruments when they started recording, the aspects of their composition are simply astounding. They have managed to create Musik that is diverse and exciting, with simple, down-to-earth themes that don’t extrapolate oder understate – the perfect recipe for our fast-paced world, when all we need is something attention-getting that makes us slow down and think a little.
That's all ^^; there's a link to his website on my Profil if Du want to check out this review with all the pretty graphics, but really I'm just looking for critiques on my Schreiben :) thanks!
Von now, if Du haven't heard the name "Mumford & Sons," Du may be living in a cave with your fingers in your ears. With only one album, they’ve hovered at the oben, nach oben of the U.K. charts for 72 straight weeks, as well as earning high spots in all the other predominantly English-speaking countries—you can’t turn on a radio in the U.S. without hearing “Little Lion Man” at least once nowadays. This London-based quartet has tapped into the beliebt masses playing catchy folk with naught but a bass drum and a tambourine as their percussion on most of their songs, still somehow urging the listener to bounce up and down oder headbang while listening.
Sigh No Mehr is deliciously rife with musical explosions that are surprising on the first few listens, and once Du get used to them, Du wait on the edge of your sitz for them and have a braingasm when the Wand hits you. In the cases of “Little Lion Man” and “Roll Away Your Stone,” two of the four singles on the album, “Country” Winston Marshall’s insane banjo playing carries these intense moments rhythmically much further than any other instrument; in calmer songs such as “White Blank Page” and “I Gave Du All,” the peaks are Mehr gradual and paced, pulling the listener through the entire song despite the slower tempo.
Although Mumford is the lead, each of the members’ voices can be distinctly heard during invigorating choruses, as they all have a unique melodic line that enriches rather than overburdens the listener with noise. This makes them able to get away with just Singen an open “ahhh” on a few tracks without becoming boring, and when they go a capella, there’s nothing to do but bask in it.
Apart from the fact that they subtly lifted lines from Shakespeare and Hemingway, many of Mumford & Sons’s lyrics are simple yet so well-crafted that each song allows the listener to glean a story from them in their own minds. “Dust Bowl Dance” is one of the few on the album that doesn’t leave much room for personal imagination, but it still touches on the universal issue of unequal wealth distribution, as Mumford asks “One man has and the other has not/ How can Du Liebe what it is Du have got?”
“After The Storm” is a standout track, using no percussion whatsoever, a guitar, and Marcus Mumford’s gentle vocals. It’s certainly not the only one in which Liebe is mentioned, but it seems to be Mehr personal, and it is perfect to listen to after a quarrel - “Love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears,” Mumford sings amongst other romantic postulations that ultimately are about humbling yourself before the harsh world and helping your partner to survive.
The Titel track, “Sigh No More,” also declares that “love, it will not betray you, dismay, oder enslave you/ It will set Du free”, but it seems to invoke Liebe for your fellow man – it’s definitely the feel-good song on the album. The slow fade-in of Mumford’s gitarre eases the listener into the music, and each instrument adds itself on seamlessly, introducing their musical style so well that no other song could have worked as the first track.
Considering none of these musicians owned their own instruments when they started recording, the aspects of their composition are simply astounding. They have managed to create Musik that is diverse and exciting, with simple, down-to-earth themes that don’t extrapolate oder understate – the perfect recipe for our fast-paced world, when all we need is something attention-getting that makes us slow down and think a little.
That's all ^^; there's a link to his website on my Profil if Du want to check out this review with all the pretty graphics, but really I'm just looking for critiques on my Schreiben :) thanks!
