A huge hearty thank you to everyone who came to this weekend’s Stopover in Aviemore! What an unforgettable weekend. It was such a pleasure and an honour for the band to be able to host a Stopover in the beautiful Scottish Highlands.

Thanks once again to all the amazing artists who joined including Primal Scream, Ben Howard, The Maccabees and Lianna La Havas – and mostly, to the local people of Aviemore for having us.

Here’s a few photos from across the weekend, taken by David East…

More up over this way.

Next Stopover stop: Walla Walla, WA, USA

Much love

M&S HQ x

Ps. Both The Maccabees and Lianne have new albums out this week and we highly recommend you check them out:

Marks To Prove It
iTunes: http://po.st/MTPIFBPP
Spotify: http://po.st/MTPISPY

 

 

 

Shot on location in the beautiful countryside surrounding Kiev by director Alex Southam, the band are very pleased and proud to present their new video for Ditmas.

 

Alex explains more:

“Whilst recently filming in Ukraine, I started doing some research and learning about Ukrainian Cossacks – their heritage, history, and associated spiritualism. I was surprised to learn that there is a small but ardent population who keep the traditions going.

“The narrative for Ditmas came about whilst discussing another idea for the band, when the suggestion of a cossacks were mooted. Cossacks are synonymous with incredible horesemanship, so it felt like a natural fit. Our character (Evgeniy) in the video has grown up within a cossack community.

“The video was shot in the stunning countryside surrounding Kiev which was something to behold. I spent a long time discussing our narrative and approach with Evgeniy, breaking down our narrative beat, as well as I could given the language barrier. Whilst the shoot was pretty brutal and unforgiving – particularly for our hero – we captured something really special.”

Ditmas (or Ditmas Park) is a neighbourhood in Brooklyn and the location of Aaron Dessner’s studio where Mumford & Sons wrote and demo’d much of Wilder Mind.

See you next week Aviemore!

Much love,

M&S HQ x

Australia, the band are very excited to be heading back your way for some shows in November!

Saturday 7th – Brisbane, Riverstage *with special guests The Vaccines and Meg Mac – TICKETS

Thursday 12th – Melbourne, Sidney Myer Music Bowl * with special guests Future Islands and The Vaccines – TICKETS

Saturday 14th – Sydney, The Domain *with special guests Jake Bugg (Acoustic), Future Islands, The Vaccines, The Jungle Giants, Meg Mac, Art of Sleeping – TICKETS

Tickets go on sale at 9am on Wednesday 8th July.

Can’t wait to see you there.

M&S HQ x

Filmed on the road in the hot heat of Manchester, Tennessee, during Bonnaroo Festival where the band recently headlined – the official video for The Wolf is here. Directed by Marcus Haney.

Watch below.

M&S HQ x

Part one of the band’s North America tour has come to a close, and with it the first two Stopovers of the summer too. Massive thanks to all of you who came along to either a show or a Stopover and to the good people of Seaside Heights, NJ, and Waverly, IA, for having us. It’s safe to say that each Stopover way, way, way exceeded our hopes and expectations.

Waverly finale

Photo: Ty Johnson

You can view more photos from Seaside Heights here.

Next Stopover-stop: Aviemore, Scotland. View the line-up and get tickets here.

Much love

M&S HQ x

Ps. new merchandise to mark the recent run of shows now up in the Webstore. Check it out here.