RUSHMERE by Mumford & Sons

Rushmere, Mumford & Sons' fifth album, came out on Island and Glassnote in March 2025, their first in nearly seven years and the longest stretch they've ever left between records. It's also the first without Winston Marshall, whose banjo and guitar had been part of the furniture until he left in 2021, so this is the band pared down to a trio: Marcus Mumford on lead vocals and guitar, Ben Lovett on keys and Ted Dwane on bass.

The folk-rock bones are all still in place, with stomping acoustic drive, swelling harmonies and Mumford's raw-throated pleading out front. The title track is the heart of it, a slow build that breaks open into the kind of cathartic, everybody-sing release this band has always done best. The wait for the next one turned out to be much shorter: Prizefighter followed in 2026.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.