Discovery of the Week: Mumford & Sons

After five seconds of being in the car with my mom and sister with my newest CD playing, my sister's first words were "I feel like I'm at an Irish folk dance." That "Irish folk dance" music was Mumford & Sons, a "British folk rock band" according to Wikipedia; the particular song was titled "Sigh No More."
Flashback to a week ago at the library: I'm sitting at the library across from my roommate. It was at this time that I was introduced to the band Mumford & Sons since my roommate, Sarah, had just sent me a link to the song "Little Lion Man." I'll be honest, the opening strumming completely captivated me the second the music hit my ears. And if that hadn't drawn me in, the accented voice of the lead singer Marcus Mumford would have had me hooked (I'm a sucker for British accents, what girl isn't?).
Fast forward to present time: I'm sitting at home listening to Mumford & Sons as I write this. After I played their CD in my car all weekend. After I listened to the CD the entire 3 hour drive back to Chicago from Champaign (I 57 traffic added an extra 45 minutes to my travels but I was happy to have more time to restart the CD). In the words of the band's banjo player Country Wilson, "What we write about is real, and we sing and play our instruments more passionately cos we feel like we need to. We love honest music." And that's exactly what comes across in their music. Whether the song be upbeat or slow and dramatic, you can hear the pure, unadulterated emotion straining through the speakers.