English folk rock band Mumford & Sons has had an amazingly successful year, but the quartet plans on winding things down and taking a break for "a considerable amount of time," according to the Hollywood Reporter.
"There won't be any Mumford & Sons activities for the foreseeable future following Friday's [Sept. 21] show," Keyboard player Ben Lovett's told Rolling Stone. "It feels like the last week of school right now, before school holiday when you're in high school."
Friday, Sept. 21 marked the last date of the band's North American tour, in which the group performed music from their first album, "Sigh No More," and their sophomore record "Babel," which they released one year ago on Sept. 24. The group, consisting of lead vocalist Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall, and Ted Dwane, has been on the road touring ever since.
After bassist Dwane suffered a blood cot in this brain and underwent surgery this summer, the multi-award-winning London band rescheduled their North American tour dates, and as of now, are planning on taking a long hiatus.
As for how long the break could last, Lovett told Rolling Stone he and his bandmates have "no idea."
"We just know we're going to take a considerable amount of time off and just go back to hanging out and having no commitments or pressure or anything like that," he said to the music magazine. "We're just going to rest up. I don't think we've had, actually, much time in the process to be with other people and living a life outside of the band. I think that's what's in place at the moment: to do very little, especially when it comes to Mumford & Sons."
Known for their bluegrass and folk instrumentation, Mumford & Sons' album "Babel" won the 2012 Grammy for "Album of the Year," among a number of other nominations, and this year, the band won a Brit Award for "Best British Group." Their debut album "Sigh No More" peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, the band skyrocketing to fame in 2010 with the success of their hit single, "Little Lion Man."
