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Mumford & Sons are back with a bold new strategy: doing exactly what they did last time, but with a cowboy hat on. It’s overproduced, toothless, and aggressively safe. Ten years into their current slump, they aren’t just stuck in a rut—they’ve built a permanent home there.

Sounds like stripped-down folky Radiohead to me. Nice discovery!

A beautiful album, but beyond the singles not much really sticks with me. I’m glad "Bloom Baby Bloom" turned out to be the biggest outburst, while the rest stayed closer to their familiar style. Makes it stand out even more. "The Sofa" and "White Horses" are gorgeous singles, and "Just Two Girls" is a fun earworm, but as a whole The Clearing feels like a well-crafted cohesive record with just a little less bite than I’ve come to expect from ... read more

A tight live set with a strong setlist — but seriously, why the autotune? Parker Cannon’s voice is powerful enough on its own, and the raw imperfections would’ve sounded far better than polishing them away.