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Mumford & Sons have revealed that their third album could shock fans, as the consider ditching their folk-rock sound for something altogether more electronic.
The London band have enjoyed huge success in 2012 with their second album Babel, which expanded the banjo-led rock sound heard on debut Sigh No More. No working on their third album, the band are now pondering whether they should move on from the sound which was won them millions of fans the world over.
"We've always done what feels good, rather than what we've thought long and hard about, and we'll do whatever feels soulful next, whether that's with an electric guitar or a synthesizer," says frontman Marcus Mumford of the band's recent recording sessions in an interview with Style magazine.
"It's dangerous for us to talk about what we've been discussing for the third album, but we do have greater ambitions not to just stay within certain sonic confines," adds the band's keyboard player Ben Lovett. "We're not going to be the band that stands for folk music or organic music."
Mumford & Sons performed two sold-out nights at London's O2 this month (WENN)
The band have previously discussed recording sessions for their follow up to Babel, which is the fastest selling album of 2012.
Winston Marshall told the NME in November: "We've started working on new songs, got a rehearsal studio – we're going to do that more often – got a few new tunes out of it.
"It was great, sounds really cool. They're bones [of songs] but really exciting bones. Sturdy bones."
Bassist, Ted Dwane gave The Guardian a hint of how the new material is likely to sound. He described it as being remisiscent of "glory-days Elton John".
He also added: "It sounds a bit like The National, and a bit like The Band, without doing either of them justice".
However, if US rapper Big Boi is to believed, the next Mumford & Sons album may include at least one hip-hop track.
The 'Hey Ya' star claims that previous plans to work with the multi-million selling Babel band were previously put on hold, but that plans to work together we still in place.
I was actually going to do something with Mumford & Sons," Big Boi says in an interview with US radio show CBS Local. "I ran into them at Glastonbury. Still something will probably be in the works. They know I want to work with them and they are open to it."
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