Mumford and Sons Release New Single ‘I Will Wait’

British folk rock group Mumford and Sons have just released ‘I Will Wait’, the first single from their highly anticipated new album Babel, which is due for release on September 24.

Musically ‘I Will Wait’ doesn’t stray too far from the formula they had pretty much down pat on Sigh No More, returning to the foot-stompy, banjo-plucky, earnest-voicy, swelly-chorusy modern hillbilly sound that they conquered the world with in 2009. But lyrically, it feels that in the intervening years since Sigh No More, Mumford and Sons have become  a little more positive, a little less vulnerable, and little bit more comfortable about where they fit in the world. In ‘I Will Wait’, Marcus Mumford sings: “So break my step / and relent / You forgave and I won’t forget”, Perhaps this is the happy resolution of whatever he really fucked up in ‘Little Lion Man’? Regardless, it’s a joyous, jig-able track, and it will be interesting to see what else their second album Babel brings.

Mumford and Sons tour Australia in October

Saturday 13th October *
Belvoir Amphitheatre, Perth
Tickets from http://ticketmaster.com.au and 136 100

Monday 15th October *
Entertainment Centre Theatre, Adelaide
Tickets from http://ticketek.com.au and 132 849

Wednesday 17th October *
Riverstage, Brisbane
Tickets from http://ticketmaster.com.au and 136 100

Thursday 18th October *
Entertainment Centre, Sydney
Tickets from http://ticketmaster.com.au and 136 100

Tuesday 23rd October *
Derwent Entertainment Centre, Hobart
Tickets from http://ticketmaster.com.au and 136 100

Thursday 25th October *
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Tickets from http://ticketek.com.au and 132 849

Friday 26th October *
Royal Theatre, Canberra
Tickets from http://ticketek.com.au and 132 849

Sunday 28th October #
Kuranda Amphitheatre, Cairns
Tickets from http://ticketlink.com.au and 07 4050 7777

Monday 29th October #
Convention Centre, Townsville
Tickets from http://tecc.net.au and 07 4771 4000

Wednesday 31st October #
Convention Centre, Gold Coast
Tickets from http://ticketek.com.au and 132 849

# With Special Guest & Willy Mason
* With Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros & Willy Mason

Tagged Babel, I Will Wait, Little Lion man, Mumford and Sons, new album, New Music