Babel

Mumford & Sons has been tight-lipped while working on this record, stressing an “evolution, not a revolution” to NME earlier this year after some reports suggested they were making a fusion of folk and heavy metal. What they’ve delivered in Babel is part two of Sigh, with more irresistible pop hooks, lofty lyrics, and…

In an era where buzz bands too often fall out of fashion without much notice, the fabled “sophomore slump” is even more of…

Check out our album review of Artist's Babel on Rolling Stone.com.

English folk revivalists Mumford & Sons' 2009 debut, Sigh No More, boarded the slowest train it could find on its journey from regional gem to pleasantly surprising, international success story.

With Babel, Mumford & Sons has proven that it can do it again, replicating all that made Sigh No More so successful and well loved. It’s certainly not a departure from the band’s debut, but rather a continuation.

Mumford And Sons have split the masses with their blend of pop folk loved by kiddies and musos alike. Well, the haters gonna hate.

Beware the anodyne din of these nice men with mandolins, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong>

Much like Sigh No More before it, Babel is just too serious.

<p>Mumford &amp; Sons are vilified as often as praised, and their second album will do little to change that, reckons <strong>Maddy Costa</strong></p>

Mumford and Sons - Babel review: Mumford & Sons deliver Sigh No More Pt. II

Second album by Brit-folk belters falls foul of the law of diminishing returns. CD review by Graeme Thomson