Quiero
compartir ahora un descubrimiento que hice hace unos cuantos meses. Se trata de este
grupo Mumford and sons, son cuatro músicos
ingleses que tenían sus carreras en solitario, se juntaron y formaron esta banda
con aire folk rock.
Lo que me gusta de estos tipos es que todos son
multi-instrumentalistas, lo mismo tocan la guitarra, percusión, mandolina, acordeón,
banjo, contrabajo o dobro y suenan geniales. Son reconocidos por sus energéticas actuaciones en
directo, en las cuales los miembros del grupo se intercambian instrumentos
entre ellos.
Una gran cantidad
del contenido de sus letras contienen
una fuerte influencia literaria, el nombre de su álbum debut deriva de la obra
de Shakespeare,
Mucho ruido y pocas nueces. La pista
"Sigh No More" incluye versos de la obra como "Serve God love me
and mend" y "One foot in sea and one on shore". La canción
"Roll Away Your Stone" está influenciada por Macbeth.
De hecho, "The Cave" incluye severas referencias a La Odisea
y la alegoría de la caverna de Platón.
Ambas "Timshel" y "Dustbowl
Dance" contienen hechos de las novelas de John
Steinbeck, De ratones y hombres, East of Eden
y Las uvas de la ira,
respectivamente.
Y bueno más allá de todas estas referencias, os
invito a escuchar su música y disfrutarla, cuanto más las escuchas más ganas
entran de tararear sus canciones
Os dejo la letra de una de sus canciones
The Cave
It's empty
in the valley of your heart
The sun, it rises slowly as you walk
Away from all the fears
And all the faults you've left behind
The harvest left no food for you to eat
You cannibal, you meat-eater, you see
But I have seen the same
I know the shame in your defeat
But I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck
And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again
Cause I have other things to fill my time
You take what is yours and I'll take mine
Now let me at the truth
Which will refresh my broken mind
So tie me to a post and block my ears
I can see widows and orphans through my tears
I know my call despite my faults
And despite my growing fears
But I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck
And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again
So come out of your cave walking on your hands
And see the world hanging upside down
You can understand dependence
When you know the maker's land
So make your siren's call
And sing all you want
I will not hear what you have to say
Cause I need freedom now
And I need to know how
To live my life as it's meant to be
And I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck
And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again
The sun, it rises slowly as you walk
Away from all the fears
And all the faults you've left behind
The harvest left no food for you to eat
You cannibal, you meat-eater, you see
But I have seen the same
I know the shame in your defeat
But I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck
And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again
Cause I have other things to fill my time
You take what is yours and I'll take mine
Now let me at the truth
Which will refresh my broken mind
So tie me to a post and block my ears
I can see widows and orphans through my tears
I know my call despite my faults
And despite my growing fears
But I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck
And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again
So come out of your cave walking on your hands
And see the world hanging upside down
You can understand dependence
When you know the maker's land
So make your siren's call
And sing all you want
I will not hear what you have to say
Cause I need freedom now
And I need to know how
To live my life as it's meant to be
And I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck
And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again
Para escucharla http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNy8llTLvuA&ob=av2n
Tiene un toque de Arcade Fire por lo catártico y liberador de las letras, muy adolescente, muy de saltar y cantar todos juntos. Está la moda de meter el piano de fondo en todo (desde Coldplay parece que es obligatorio) pero un concierto de esta gente tiene que ser algo muy divertido.
Yo te voy a recomendar canciones de amor. Sesenta y nueve ni más ni menos. Se trata de "Magnetic Fields", que no es folk-rock ni bluegrass como estos Mumford sino algo más pop pero con mucha mezcla (usan cacharros de todo tipo, sintetizadores, diferentes cantantes...) y ante todo las letras son "bonitas":
http://goo.gl/Wa9UL
gracias! lo tendré en cuenta para escucharlos