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Continuing my trip forward in time through the album charts 27/02/26 : Prizefighter - Mumford & Sons Our third visit with Marcus and his mates - I generally don't mind their stuff in small doses, but it doesn't take a lot for it all to get too much. But let's see what we've got here... Actually, I think I really quite liked this. It has a general US country/folk vibe to it, but there's enough variety within the genre with parts of it reminding me of  Johnny Cash,  Jason Isbell,  The National and  Noah Kahan - and probably about a million others, but in a good way. The whole thing benefits from being n ot overly busy (there are certainly reduced levels of banjo) with some interesting lyrics which feel personal but are also mildly cryptic and some nice tunes and harmonies - there's also a fitting selection of guest artists involved which I'll be interested to read about when we get to Wikipedia. I like the album cover as well - simple yet classy.  We'r...