Mumford & Sons baffled by success with banjos

Leaving their rootsy sound behind for anthemic indie on third album Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons talk in the current issue of Hot Press about how they were unconcerned with alienating their core audience. The gamble paid off – the record has the hit the number one spot in Ireland, Britain and the US.
But the way keyboardist Ben Lovett and bassist Ted Dwane tell it, they've been baffled by their success for quite a while now.
"It really was amazing to us – the success we had," Dwane says of their initial impact. "We still talk about it. I mean, we used banjos! (Laughs) No one could have accused us of having commercial aspirations when we started. It came as a complete surprise to us that it took off the way it did."
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