Mumford & Sons - To Darkness (2013)

To coincide with the release of a new album by the band, here's a collections of early, hard to find songs from Mumford & Sons, some of which were issued at the start of the band's career on singles and EP's before they hit the big-time with their 'Sigh No More' album, and a few were tucked away on the b-sides of some of their later singles. I've always had a fondness for the band, as there's too little folk music that gets into the mainstream charts these days, and so if was refreshing to hear their take on the genre, bringing it to an audience that might have never heard the real thing from bands such as Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span, and I hope that it prompted some of them to check out the inspirations that formed the Mumford's sound.

Track listing

01 Feel The Tide (from the 'Love Your Ground' EP 2008)
02 Liar (from the 'Lend Me Your Eyes' EP 2008)
03 Awake My Soul (from the 'Lend Me Your Eyes' EP 2008)
04 Hold On To What You Believe (from the 'Love Your Ground' EP 2008)
05 The Banjolin Song (from the 'Love Your Ground' EP 2008)
06 But My Heart Told My Head (b-side of 'The Cave And The Open Sea' 2009)
07 To Darkness (b-side of 'Little Lion Man' 2009) 
08 Untitled (b-side of 'The Cave' 2009)
09 For Those Below (bonus track from the 'Babel' album 2012)
10 The Boxer (bonus track from the 'Babel' album 2012)
11 Where Are You Now (bonus track from the 'Babel' album 2012)