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Mumford & Sons Releasing New Album 'Wilder Mind'

. Mumford & Sons have announced that they will be releasing their new studio album, entitled "Wilder Mind," on May 4th in North America and it is said to be a "significant departure" from their previous albums.

The album was produced by James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, HAIM, Florence & The Machine) and Marcus Mumford explains how it is different from their past work, "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 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."

Ben Lovett adds, "It felt completely natural, though. Like it did when we started out. It was very much a case of, if someone was playing an electric guitar, drums were going to complement that best; and, sonically, it then made sense to add a synth or an organ. We chose instruments that played well off each other, rather than consciously trying to overhaul it."

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

Click on the album cover below for the digital deluxe edition preorder: