Mumford & Sons today share one of the original recordings of the Delta album track, “Forever.” Listen to “Forever (Garage Version)” HERE.
The song was originally written and demoed a few years ago when writing initially commenced on their third album, Wilder Mind. It exemplifies the journey that a song can go on from this much more raucous and raw initial late-night live recording to the more reflective, torchlit anthem that it ended up becoming for Delta some years later.
This demo recording was performed almost completely live at Aaron Dessner’s garage home studio in Brooklyn and was recently rediscovered while going through some of the recording archives during the Coronavirus lockdown.
Mumford & Sons:
“Back in 2013, off the back of touring Sigh No More and Babel we decided we needed to take a bit of a break from the road, catch our breath and regroup. The first time we really hung out to make music together was after a couple months living our lives, and it was in the back garden of a friend’s house deep in Brooklyn. That friend was Aaron Dessner from The National and he had a built a studio in the garage in his garden. Between catching up, eating burritos and having a couple of drinks, we messed around a bit with some new song ideas. This was one of those moments.
Many of the songs that began in that garden ended up on Wilder Mind, whereas the later version of this song we saved for Delta. We just thought it’d be fun to share the journey that these songs go on sometimes. Hope everyone is staying safe x”
