The Early Years

1. The group of four multi-instrumentalists came together in December 2007.
2. The boys chose their unusual band name to give it the air of an ‘antiquated family business’.
3. They were part of what was known at the time as the ‘West London folk scene’.
4. Marcus played this down however and said it was more of a community; he didn’t necessarily agree with the ‘pigeon-holing’ label that the music media had bestowed on them.
5. In 2008, Adam Tudhope began to manage the band.
6. This led to them turning up on the radar of Island Record’s A&R genius Louis Bloom.
7. Bloom has said that when he first saw the band, they were not ready for a deal.
8. However, he went back to their gigs on multiple occasions, and every time they had picked up more fans.
9. Many of these gigs were during Mumford’s 2008 UK tour, which included an appearance at the world-famous Glastonbury festival.
10. Towards the tail-end of 2008, the boys released their first EP - Love Your Ground - on the label Chess Club Records.