The British group and the Irish singer sign an energetic folk-rock collaboration produced by Aaron Dessner (The National). Rubber Band Man marks a new chapter for Mumford & Sons following the release of their album Rushmere last March.
Mumford & Sons are back with a new title, Rubber Band Man, recorded with Hozier. The piece, mixing folk spirit and rock blast, was produced by Aaron Dessner (The National) at Long Pond Studio, in New York. Marcus Mumford and Hozier exchange voices in a vibrant dialogue, between fervor and complicity.
This is not the first time that the two artists have crossed their worlds. In 2017, Hozier joined Mumford & Sons on stage at the Longitude festival for a cover of the Beatles classic A Little Help From My Friends. In 2023, they met at Austin City Limits to perform Awake My Soul together.
A musical friendship which continues to be written, between vocal power and inhabited harmonies.
Released in March, Rushmere remains the group's last album. Recorded between Nashville, Savannah and Marcus Mumford's personal studio in Devon, this disc marked an important transition: the first since the departure of Winston Marshall, against a backdrop of political differences. Co-produced by Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile), Rushmere confirmed the group's shift towards a more raw and introspective sound.
Earlier this week, Mumford & Sons invited Lainey Wilson and Sierra Ferrell to perform in Nashville. Ferrell joined them for a cover of Townes Van Zandt's If I Needed You, while Wilson shared a suspended moment on Things a Man Oughta Know before a one-voice finale on Awake My Soul.
So much proof that the British collective, seventeen years after its beginnings, still knows how to surprise by weaving bridges between modern folk and living tradition.
