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Mumford & Sons on GRAMMYs win: 'It was a mind-f**k'

British indie folk stars Mumford & Sons have opened up about the experience of winning a GRAMMY and described it as "crazy".

The band's frontman, Marcus Mumford, explained to Rolling Stone magazine that winning Album of the Year for their sophomore offering 'Babel' came as a surprise as they didn't expect it to be as successful as their debut:

"As we were making 'Babel', 'Sigh No More's' shadow kept getting bigger and bigger. There was a lot in us that was like, 'That's OK, fuck it, 'Babel' will be the disappointing second child – like a lot of us are, actually. And that's fine. We were making it really believing it and thinking about that as much as possible – and so it's really sweet now to see it do its thing as well. That's crazy for us."

He added: "When we released 'Sigh No More', our manager said, 'We're probably gonna sell between 100,000 and 150,00 records.' And we were like, 'That's amazing!' Since then, everything has gotten more ridiculous, fantastical and mind-fucking."

Keyboardist Ben Lovett also spoke about their win and revealed that having fellow British music star Adele present them with the prize made it even more worthwhile: "I actually said to Adele she should read out our name no matter who it was. It felt really weird. We'd been [to the Grammys] a few times. The physiological experience of sitting there and being shortlisted and calling out someone else's name was rehearsed. But this third time, we won. They called us up. And it was the big one, as well. Really crazy."

 

 

 

 

Watch the band's red carpet GRAMMYs interview here: