MUMFORD AND SONS, with, "LIAR", from their album, "LEND ME YOUR EYES EP." -- 2008.

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This is Marcus Mumford's personal story of lost love. You can hear him on all his live shows when he sings this song, he always prefaces it with "It was bad back then, but it's OK now." It must've been bad for him to have written a song like this.
This was one of the first videos I made when I started to make videos again after a 7 year hiatus. I had to learn to use my video editing software over again from scratch.

Mumford & Sons was formed in late 2007 by multi-instrumentalists Marcus Mumford, Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, and Winston Marshall. Band members play acoustic guitar, drums, keyboard instruments, bass guitar, and traditional folk instruments such as banjo, mandolin and resonator guitar. The band name originates from Marcus Mumford being the most visible member, organising the band and their performances. Lovett indicated that the name was meant to evoke the sense of an "antiquated family business name".

A handful of similar bands were increasing their visibility in West London around the same time, giving rise to the label "West London folk scene". Mumford downplays that characterisation as an exaggeration—Mumford & Sons and a few other folk acts just happened to be operating in the same general area at the time. In an interview with the Herald Sun, Marcus Mumford said, "It's not folk really. Well, some of it is, and it's certainly not a scene. Someone got over-excited about a few bands who live in a hundred-mile radius and put it in a box to sell it as a package. It's a community, not a scene. It's not exclusive." Having developed in the same musical and cultural environment, Mumford & Sons' sound has been compared to that of artists such as Noah and the Whale, Johnny Flynn and Laura Marling, whose backing band had included Marshall, Mumford, and Dwane.

In early 2008, the band began working with manager Adam Tudhope, who, as part of management company Everybody's, also represents Keane and Laura Marling. It was through Tudhope's connection that Mumford & Sons was exposed to their future A&R at Island, Louis Bloom, who began monitoring the band. Bloom told HitQuarters that they were still at a fledgling state and not yet ready for a label deal: "There was no one there for it, just a few friends, and they needed time to develop. Over the next six months I kept going to see them and they were literally picking up fans every time.

In February 2008, the band completed an extensive UK tour with support from Alessi's Ark, Sons of Noel and Adrian, Peggy Sue and others. June 2008 marked the band's first appearance at the Glastonbury Festival.They also toured Australia with Laura Marling, whose disinclination to interact with audiences encouraged Mumford into the spotlight. The experience helped inform his attitude towards Mumford & Sons audiences, which is to interact frequently and to try to create a comfortable, casual atmosphere. Mumford & Sons' first project was an EP entitled Love Your Ground which took a year to complete and was released in November 2008 on Chess Club Records.

Marshall's departure (2021)
In March 2021, Marshall praised Andy Ngo (whose blog The Post Millennial was boycotted by some advertising platforms) on Twitter for his 2021 book Unmasked, which is deeply critical of the antifa movement, saying "Congratulations @MrAndyNgo. Finally had the time to read your important book. You're a brave man". Marshall's tweet received backlash and criticism on social media.] Following this, Marshall apologised and announced he was taking time away from the band. On 24 June 2021, Marshall stated that his apology had been made to minimise the impact on the band at large. In his published statement he rejected being labelled as far-right for his recommendation of a book critical of the left, saying that to call him a fascist was "ludicrous beyond belief". He announced that he was leaving Mumford & Sons so that he could speak his mind on controversial issues without his bandmates and their families suffering the consequences.

Winston Aubrey Aladar deBalkan Marshall (born 20 December 1987) is an English musician, songwriter and podcaster. He is best known as the former banjoist and lead guitarist of the British folk rock band Mumford & Sons. He was still with the band when this song was recorded