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Wilder Mind is the third studio album by British folk rock band Mumford & Sons. It was released on 4 May 2015 through Gentlemen of the Road, Island, Glassnote and Universal Music Group. It was an international success in its first week on sale, charting at number one in seven countries, topping both the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200, and reaching the top 5 in nine other countries. Five singles have been released from the album, "Believe", "The Wolf", "Ditmas", "Tompkins Square Park" and "Just Smoke". After working with Markus Dravs for their first two albums, the band decided to hire producer James Ford and The National's Aaron Dessner. The album marks a departure from the group's folk rock sound, as they abandoned their signature acoustic instruments (such as banjo and upright bass) for electric ones and added a session drummer to fill out their rhythm section.
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This is somewhat tepid. I do remember them being quite the thing back in the day, but their brand of oh-so-powerfully emotive folkishness still screams IPA and ill-advised moustaches, too-short and too-tight trousers and an "ironic" job in a coffee shop. We'll not get into the alt-right stuff, neither.
There’s a merciful reduction of banjo on this Mumford outing, but more modern instrumentation only highlights this band’s inability to write an interesting song. Every track takes the same dramatic arc and follows the same formula, and without the folksy gilding this just sounds like a corporate radio LP grown in a vat at the lab.
Except for the sometimes cheesy lyrics, this is a fun album