{"id":4097,"date":"2015-05-05T16:09:14","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T16:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=4097"},"modified":"2015-05-05T16:09:14","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T16:09:14","slug":"will-mumford-and-sons-new-musical-direction-be-a-hit-or-a-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/05\/05\/will-mumford-and-sons-new-musical-direction-be-a-hit-or-a-miss\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Mumford and Sons\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 new musical direction be a hit or a miss?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new Mumford and Sons album came out yesterday and shock horror, it features NO banjos!<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Marcus Mumford and co have gone for a more straightforward arena rock sound, with synths and drums replacing double bass and accordions.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BsP-MjIueL4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Reaction so far has ranged from the positive (quite a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/mumford-and-sons\/16038\">reviewers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/music\/cdreviews\/11558847\/Mumford-Sons-Wilder-Mind-review.html\">like<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/review\/6553723\/mumford-sons-wilder-mind-review\">it<\/a>) to the furious (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bringbackthebanjo\">#bringbackthebanjo<\/a>, for example). But will Mumford and Sons\u2019 style change pay off? We opened the history books and looked at a few other bands who made massive style changes to find out&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><b>Radiohead<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/onRk0sjSgFU\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Once upon a time, Radiohead were a lovely bunch of lads from Oxfordshire who played radio-friendly, although slightly depressing, alternative rock. They had a ma-hoo-sive hit with <i>Creep<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>They gradually evolved with <i>The Bends <\/i>and <i>OK Computer<\/i>, but largely stuck to their guitar-focused rock.<\/p>\n<p>And then <i>Kid A <\/i>happened. The guitars were replaced by synths, drum machines, brass bands and something called an <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ondes_Martenot\">Ondes Martenot<\/a>, while the music was influenced by krautrock, jazz and dance music as much as alt-rock. The world lost their minds.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>How did they do? <\/i><\/b><i>Kid A <\/i>went to #1 in the UK and the US and is frequently included on Best Album of All Time lists, despite some critics claiming it was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/theobserver\/2000\/oct\/01\/life1.lifemagazine\">commercial suicide note<\/a>. Radiohead went on to become one of the most influential bands of all time, despite never hitting the heights of <i>Kid A <\/i>again.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, it went pretty well!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><b>The Beatles<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nehRB1FTeTo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The original masters of the musical style change, the Fab Four went from cheery pop like <i>She Loves You <\/i>in the early 60s to psychedelic rockers like <i>Tomorrow Never Knows<\/i> a few years later thanks in no small part to certain substances&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b><i>How did they do? <\/i><\/b>They became one of the most influential bands of all time. No pressure, Mumford and Sons.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><b>Skrillex<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YJVmu6yttiw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Before he was Skrillex, Sonny Moore was the lead singer of metalcore outfit From First to Last. Look, here he is in a video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5yG6iw7AeWE\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A few years later, he swapped screaming for bass and beats and the rest, as they say, is history.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>How did he do? <\/i><\/b>Well, he\u2019s one of the world\u2019s biggest DJs and is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celebritynetworth.com\/richest-celebrities\/richest-djs\/skrillex-net-worth\/\">worth an estimated $28 million<\/a> despite having a really stupid haircut. You be the judge!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><b>Snoop Lion<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jqo9gPxT6A8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 2012, after years of rapping about life in the hood and a certain green substance, Snoop Dogg underwent a spiritual transformation and became a Rastafarian. Apparently, this meant he had to change his name to Snoop Lion and release a reggae album.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>How did he do? <\/i><\/b><i>Reincarnation<\/i>, Snoop\u2019s sole album under the Lion moniker, didn\u2019t do too badly, receiving mixed reviews from critics. He did, however, manage to annoy quite a few Rastafarians &#8211; including Bunny Wailer of The Wailers.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, he\u2019s back to being Snoop Dogg again and his latest album, <i>Bush <\/i>(you can\u2019t teach an old dog new tricks, after all) is out this month.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><b>30 Seconds to Mars<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mLqHDhF-O28\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Jared Leto and the gang have changed style almost as much as Jared has changed his hair: they started off playing space-influenced progressive rock, moved onto radio-friendly alt rock before settling on electronically-influenced alternative pop.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>How did they do? <\/i><\/b>Very, very well &#8211; although that might be down to Jared Leto\u2019s own increasing profile. Their first album crawled in at #136 on the UK chart, while their most recent record, <i>Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams <\/i>charted at #5.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><b>Beastie Boys<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qORYO0atB6g\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When they first formed, the Beastie Boys were a hardcore punk band with a distinct lack of melody. They then made a huge leap and start making hip-hop. Did it pay off?<\/p>\n<p><b><i>How did they do? <\/i><\/b>The first hip-hop album ever to hit #1 in the US and over 44 million albums sold worldwide suggests shifting to hip-hop was a fairly sound move for the Beasties.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><b>Bring Me The Horizon<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>While they aren\u2019t exactly One Direction, Bring Me The Horizon headline arenas and get airplay on Radio 1. Yet just 9 years ago, they were making music like this (warning: naughty words!).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AWggPLXeOkU\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s their most recent single <i>Drown <\/i>for comparison.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TkV5709EG5M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b><i>How did they do? <\/i><\/b>Very well, with their most recent album <i>Sempiternal <\/i>hitting #3 in the UK\u201d\u00a6 although it was a given seeing as most people don\u2019t like hearing people scream about plagues and such.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>So, all in all, things are looking pretty rosy for Mumford and Sons. But what do you think of their banjo-less new album? 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