the mumford.

you know sometimes when you go to a concert to see an artist and you have no idea who the openers are.. and then you realize you wish you hadn't shown up to the venue so early and now have to endure 32 minutes of complete boredom? well my friends.. that was definitely not the case tonight. tonight could not have been better in fact. danika, marika, maddie and i went to go see our favorite singer of the summer.. maybe even the year i don't know.. named laura marling. we love her. and we got there sort of early and ended up ordering fries and enjoying this super good opening band. i just feel like that sort of thing rarely happens, and anyways.. they call themselves mumford and sons and are really good. really really good. i suppose almost any folky-sounding band of lads from the UK are fine in my book. their set of instruments included a banjo, mandolin, xylophone, stand up base, guitar (obvs.) and a nord synth/organ... and 4 amazingly harmonized voices. so, needless to say.. they were a happy surprise addition to our evening. and if course laura marling ruled. she was everything i was hoping she'd be. hah. so sweet and simple and just a lovely singer.
we could not help ourselves.. how often does one of your favorite artists come all the way to the states to play a pretty small intimate show and then come out afterwards to actually talk to people. soooo... we took advantage of the oportunity.. sort of felt dorky about it... but then graciously thanked winston for introducing us.