To Kill A King
The Mumford & Sons comparisons are inevitable for English new-folkies To Kill A King, despite their screamo band name and album title (Cannibals With Cutlery). But To Kill A King pulls from a much wider pool of influences than the regularly mocked Mumford. Even their Mumford-inspired track Funeral turns into a more Arcade Fire hoedown with shimmering layers of horns and guitars. The band's best asset though is frontman Ralph Pelleymounter's rich voice. Where the band's tendency is to throw everything but the kitchen sink at a song, this album's better moments are when they just let Pelleymounter sing.
