streamlined collection anchored by frontmanMarcus Mumford's husky howl. He wails, laments and rhapsodizes over the band's distinctive folk-rock on rollicking standouts like lead single "Rushmere," "Caroline," "
Since many of them were once built or owned by the British, perhaps this is hardly surprising. Yet the romance clearly goes much deeper than this banal connection, even surviving the dyspeptic comments of Paul Theroux, who made his name by disliking them. So besotted are the British with ...