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Mumford & Sons: "We just needed to make something new"

Band members Ted Dwane and Winston Marshall explain why the band known for its new folk sound decided to change direction.
Mumford & Sons member Winston Marshall (lower left) and Ted Dwane on what led the band to Wilder Mind. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)

Mumford & Sons have dropped the banjo and picked up the electric guitar — a move they say was more instinctual than "overtly intentional". 

Band members Ted Dwane and Winston Marshall drop by studio q to chat to tell Shad about the curve balls they throw in Wilder Mind, why they felt it was time to move away from Nu Folk, and whether fans are embracing their jump from solitary kick drum to surprising synths.  

"We've always put the song first. We've always served the song."