{"id":609,"date":"2015-12-02T20:30:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T20:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/?p=609"},"modified":"2015-12-02T20:30:36","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T20:30:36","slug":"spider-sounds-mumford-sons-babel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2015\/12\/spider-sounds-mumford-sons-babel\/","title":{"rendered":"Spider Sounds:   Mumford &#038; Sons &#8220;Babel&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:<\/strong><em> This week &#8220;Listening In&#8221; is inaugurating a new feature called <strong>Spider Sounds<\/strong>.   We&#8217;re inviting members of the University of Richmond community to share their thoughts about CDs (or other items in the Parsons Music Library&#8217;s collection). The links included will take you to the library catalog record for the item in question.   Our first post comes from James, one of the library&#8217;s student workers.  Thanks, James!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/librarycat.richmond.edu\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?&#038;bibId=1471244\"><strong>MUMFORD &#038; SONS<\/strong><strong><\/p>\n<ul>Babel<\/ul>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2015\/12\/mumford-babel.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2015\/12\/mumford-babel-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mumford &amp; Sons - Babel\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2015\/12\/mumford-babel.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2015\/12\/mumford-babel.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2015\/12\/mumford-babel.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2015\/12\/mumford-babel.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2015\/12\/mumford-babel.jpg?w=1168 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2012: In the spirit of \u201cIf it ain\u2019t broke, don\u2019t fix it,\u201d British rock band MUMFORD &#038; SONS released <a href=\"http:\/\/librarycat.richmond.edu\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?&#038;bibId=1471244\">BABEL<\/a>, three years after their multi-platinum debut album, SIGH NO MORE. Now, I\u2019d be lying if I said BABEL didn\u2019t sound a lot like its predecessor, but there\u2019s something about that signature \u201cMumford\u201d sound that my ears crave. <\/p>\n<p>Rustic, pure and clean. Think Hemingway, Teddy Roosevelt, and Ron Swanson gathered \u2018round, singing campfire songs in the woods. It\u2019s no accident \u2013 there is a formula for this. The recipe calls for raspy, powerful vocals with acoustic guitar, intimate lyrics, a banjo, and not much else \u2013 a minimalist arrangement enough to break your heart and put hair on your chest at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily for you, we\u2019ve got <a href=\"http:\/\/librarycat.richmond.edu\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?&#038;bibId=1471244\">BABEL<\/a> right here at <a href=\"http:\/\/library.richmond.edu\/music\/\">Parsons Music Library<\/a>. So if you need a break from EDM or plugging away on the clarinet \u2013 not that there\u2019s anything wrong with that! \u2013 come by and check out the unadulterated musical stylings of Mumford &#038; Sons. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor&#8217;s note: This week &#8220;Listening In&#8221; is inaugurating a new feature called Spider Sounds. We&#8217;re inviting members of the University of Richmond community to share their thoughts about CDs (or other items in the Parsons Music Library&#8217;s collection). 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