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Mumford & Sons have revealed how they took a decision to shun a hard rocking lifestyle in order to deliver first class live performances night after night when on tour.
The London band, who released new album Babel next week, have never been known for their offstage antics but have grown a reputation as one of the UK's best life bands (even if they were once told to 'go home' by an audience in India). Now, in a new interview with The Independent, guitarist Winston Marshall has revealed how he struggles to understand how classic rock bands maintained a hard-partying lifestyle and performed every night.
"I don't understand how those old bands did it," the guitarist tells the broadsheet. "We worked out early on that if we did three gigs in a row and went out afterwards, we'd lose our voices. We know our limits."
Speaking of the band's new album, he also spoke of the band's determination not to re-tread the success of their debut, Sigh No More.
"I just want us to be better," he added. "We need to challenge ourselves a bit. Not find ourselves in a rut musically. That’s when bands die on their feet… Maybe we should do some desert blues-metal next time. Why not?"
Earlier this week, bandmate Ben Lovett spoke of the band's defiance of their critics, telling The Sun newspaper: "The cynics can just all f*ck off. We think this new record will attract a different audience, which is really exciting. And broaden people's view of us."
Babel is released on Monday.
Below: Marcus Mumford performs show with broken hand
