@antranigv That may be lesser-known where you are, but in my environment it's quite popular, and kind of annoyingly so. My impression of Mumford And Sons is a weird, hipsterish, pseudo-ironically loved subgenre of mainstream pop.
@antranigv It feels like the very low-friction, low-effort way to signal one's virtue as someone who loves something that isn't mainstream, but by way of bootstrapping it into mainstream status, granting the MAS fan facile musical taste authenticity in some way. It may be premium mediocre.
@antranigv Of course, I only really take note of mainstream music these days at all when it forces its way into my life (which MAS has done by way of all the people who've listened to it near me), so maybe my perception of its popularity and mainstream accessibility is skewed.
@antranigv That perception is based on things like:
* it pushed into my awareness by way of multiple people (whose tastes include of mainstream pop stuff) listening to it
* it sounds very processed
* it sounds like a derivative hybrid of less-processed styles with aspects of mainstream pop
* it pushed into my awareness by way of multiple people (whose tastes include of mainstream pop stuff) listening to it
* it sounds very processed
* it sounds like a derivative hybrid of less-processed styles with aspects of mainstream pop
@antranigv In short, my immediate impression of MAS when I first heard it was "pseudo-bluegrass-pop boy band".
I guess what I'm saying is that I'm surprised to encounter MAS described as "lesser-known".
I guess what I'm saying is that I'm surprised to encounter MAS described as "lesser-known".
