{"id":3410,"date":"2019-03-06T11:07:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T18:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=3410"},"modified":"2024-08-04T18:39:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T01:39:19","slug":"mumford-and-sons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/mumford-and-sons","title":{"rendered":"Episode 154: Mumford &#038; Sons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Beloved&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/mumfordsons--600x506.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"506\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/mumfordsons--600x506.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/mumfordsons--300x253.png 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/mumfordsons--768x647.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&amp;ge=prx_93_47340882-142c-4dd7-9e1a-d8285e232c9f\" width=\"650\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">APPLE PODCASTS<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/radiopublic.com\/SongExploder\">RADIOPUBLIC<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/47340882-142c-4dd7-9e1a-d8285e232c9f\/SongExploder154_MumfordandSons.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mumfordandsons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mumford &amp; Sons<\/a> are a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammy.com\/grammys\/artists\/mumford-sons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grammy-winning<\/a> band that formed in London in 2007. They\u2019ve put out four albums, and sold millions of copies. Their last three albums have all debuted at number one on the Billboard charts. The most recent of those albums is <em>Delta<\/em>, which came out in November 2018. The band is made up of Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall, and Ted Dwane, and in this episode, Marcus and Ben break down a song from Delta called \u201cBeloved.\u201d You\u2019ll how the song went from Marcus\u2019s original raw voice memo to the intricate finished track.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1436533173\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">buy or stream &#8220;Beloved&#8221; here<\/a>, and buy <a href=\"https:\/\/reverb.grsm.io\/sxp-mumford-and-sons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Delta<\/em> on vinyl here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/mumford-and-sons-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Illustration by <\/i><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Lerma<\/a><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hammond_organ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hammond Organ<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Epworth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Epworth<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Six_Pianos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Six Pianos&#8221; &#8211; Steve Reich<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yamaha_DX1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yamaha DX<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tc-helicon.com\/Categories\/Tchelicon\/Vocal\/Multi-Effects\/VOICELIVE-PLAY\/p\/P0CME#googtrans(en|en)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Voicelive Harmonizer<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yebbasmith.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yebba<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Beloved&#8221; \ufeff LISTEN: APPLE PODCASTS \u00b7 RADIOPUBLIC \u00b7 MP3 Mumford &amp; Sons are a Grammy-winning band that formed in London in 2007. 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