Mumford and Sons are currently in the middle of recording a new album and have come by for a quick stint of Canadian arena gigs. Arena gigs? Hard to believe they were playing Lee’s Palace two February’s ago.
A show at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre seemed ambitious enough but the London quartet capitalized on their widespread popularity and brought their folk rock stylings to another arena not an hour away, Hamilton’s Copps Coliseum.
The band consisting of Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall, and Ted Dwayne are still riding the wave of popularity from their 2009 album “Sigh No More” but previewed a good amount of new songs from their upcoming album. The show started with the new song “Lover’s Eyes” about a love gone wrong played half in darkness that was well recieved and followed up by the faster paced “Roll Away Your Stone” establishing a connection between the band and audience that lasted the entire night and had thousands of enthusiastic fans singing at the top of their lungs. The combination of musical themes, literary influence, honest and passionate delivery captivates Mumford audiences leading them into a state of perpetual singing, cheering and applause.
Fortunately the band’s sound held up very well in the arena, though they mentioned feeling awkward about not having enough songs to play the larger venue. Mumford and Sons ended their night with a Neil Young cover “Dance,Dance,Dance” a drum pounding “Dust Bowl Dance” before coming back for their encore which included “After The Storm” and the much anticipated “The Cave”
Mumford and Sons have made a good transition from playing smaller venues to larger arenas creating a connection with a great number of fans while keeping an intimate pub like feel. Their new album is scheduled to be released early next year. See you at their next arena gig.
