Fans of the New Pornographers have waited anxiously for three years, but like so many things in life, the waiting makes the reunion so much sweeter. The band will release its fifth studio album May 4, having already released a couple of its singles, ""Crash Years"" and ""Your Hands (Together).""
Slightly more folk and slightly less indie-pop than Noah and the Whale, Mumford & Sons came onto the music scene after backing folk artist, Laura Marling. Their debut album, Sigh No More, the name extracted from Shakespeare's romantically charged play, ""Much Ado About Nothing,"" is a whirlwind of romantic regret and confession. The overarching theme of the album is an unabashed declaration of repentance toward a past lover. This theme may seem cliché, but Marcus Mumford makes it appealing both through his clever analogies and his rough, howling voice. Mumford draws on two main sources for his lyrics: religion and farming.
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