Mumford and Sons have announced their new album. The follow-up to 2012’s Babel is titled Wilder Mind and due to hit shelves on May 4th via Glassnote Records.

Details of the highly-anticipated LP — including the tracklist and cover art — were prematurely posted on iTunes earlier today, and have since been confirmed on the band’s website. The 12-track effort includes song titles like “Tompkins Square Park”, “Monster”, “Snake Eyes”, and “Hot Gates”. Below is the skyline-filled artwork.



A teaser clip posted on Facebook last week suggested that the band’s music would be taking more of an electric direction. In an interview with Rolling Stone, the band confirmed such a sonic evolution, revealing the new album will feature “U2-sized guitars, synths, spacey mellotrons, and even some drum machines.”

“We felt that doing the same thing, or the same instrumentation again, just wasn’t for us,” explained frontman Marcus Mumford. “We’ve got a broader taste in music than just that.” Added bassist Ted Dwane, “None of us had really any interest in doing a sort of Babel 2. It was always going to be different.” Below, watch a new teaser trailer for the album.

Wilder Mind marks the end of Mumford and Sons’ hiatus, which they took in 2013 after extensively touring behind Babel. They’ll return to the stage for a headlining appearance at Bonnaroo and have also announced new round of Gentlemen of the Road Stopovers with Foo Fighters, The Flaming Lips, and My Morning Jacket.

Wilder Mind cover:

Wilder Mind Tracklist:

01. Tompkins Square Park

02. Believe

03. The Wolf

04. Wilder Mind

05. Just Smoke

06. Monster

07. Snake Eyes

08. Broad-Shouldered Beasts

09. Cold Arms

10. Ditmas

11. Only Love

12. Hot Gates

13. Tompkins Square Park (Live) *

14. Believe (Live) *

15. The Wolf (Live) *

16. Snake Eyes (Live) *

* = deluxe version

Mumford and Sons 2015 Tour Dates:

06/05-06 – Seaside Heights, NJ @ Gentlemen of the Road Stopover *

06/11-14 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music Festival

06/19-20 – Waverly, IA @ Gentlemen of the Road Stopover *

07/03 – Gdynia, PL @ Open’er Festival

07/09-11 – Bilbao, ES @ Bilbao BBK Live

07/10 – Lisbon, PT @ NOS Alive Festival

07/31-08/01 – Aviemore, UK @ Gentlemen of the Road Stopover *

08/07-09 – Squamish Valley, BC @ Squamish Valley Music Festival

08/14-15 – Walla Walla, WA @ Gentlemen of the Road Stopover *

08/21-22 – Salida, CO @ Gentlemen of the Road Stopover *

08/28-30 – Reading, UK @ Reading Festival

08/28-30 – Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival

Gentlemen of the Road Stopovers:

Seaside Heights, New Jersey, USA

June 5th + 6th – Mumford & Sons, The Flaming Lips, Alabama Shakes, The Vaccines, The Maccabees, Dawes, The Very Best, Jenny Lewis, Little May, JEFF The Brotherhood, Blake Mills + more TBA

Waverly, Iowa, USA

June 19th + 20th – Mumford & Sons, The Flaming Lips, My Morning Jacket, Dawes, Jenny Lewis, The Maccabees, The Very Best, Rubblebucket, JEFF The Brotherhood, Blake Mills + more TBA

Aviemore, Scotland, UK

July 31st + August 1st – Mumford & Sons, Primal Scream, Simian Mobile Disco, Ben Howard, Lianne La Havas, The Maccabees, Jack Garratt, Honeyblood + more TBA

Walla Walla, Washington, USA

August 14th + 15th – Mumford & Sons, Foo Fighters, The Flaming Lips, The Vaccines, Dawes, Jenny Lewis, TuneYards, James Vincent McMorrow, JEFF The Brotherhood, Blake Mills + more TBA

Salida, Colorado, USA

August 21st + 22nd – Mumford & Sons, The Flaming Lips, Dawes,

Jenny Lewis, The Vaccines, TuneYards, James Vincent McMorrow, JEFF The Brotherhood, Blake Mills + more TBA