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Ben Lovett of Mumford & Sons has given an interview to NME, revealing how working with Aaron Dessner of The National was such an important experience for the band.
Lovett said that Dessner helped the band give an ‘identity’ to their new album, and spoke of their initial meeting, saying: "We met Aaron touring around, just on the circuit. We've been huge fans of The National for ages. All of us, individually have got a very personal attachment to their music. We ended up being complete super fans. After meeting Aaron said: 'Come to my garage in Brooklyn and we'll make some music'. It was quite innocent really.”
Elsewhere in the interview it was revealed that the band will not be heard playing the banjo on their third album ‘Wilder Mind’ which is due for release on May 4. The record has been produced by James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Florence + the Machine) and was recorded in both London and New York.
Speaking of the recording process, Lovett revealed: “We didn't lock ourselves away. We'd find ourselves doing a week here, a week there. If I added it up it'd be five weeks, but it was really scattered.”
The full tracklisting of ‘Wilder Mind’ is:
'Tompkins Square Park'
‘Believe'
'The Wolf'
'Wilder Mind'
'Just Smoke'
'Monster'
'Snake Eyes'
'Broad-Shouldered Beasts'
'Cold Arms'
'Ditmas'
'Only Love'
'Hot Gate'
