Mumford & Sons cover Vampire Weekend’s ‘Cousins’

Posted on by Abeano Artist:

Last week in the BBC Live Lounge Marcus Mumford & co put their folk-stomping stamp on Cousins.

Exchanging Vampire Weekend’s scuzz-punk for a frantic banjo-led barn dance, the lyric ‘you were born with ten fingers and you’re gonna use them all rings truer than ever.

And if you ever wondered what Ezra’s singing at the start of the frenzied original, the cover’s slowed down opening half should shed some light…

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