Folk band Mumford & Sons have revealed that their second album will be released 24 September this year.
The highly anticipated follow-up to the band's huge debut album Sigh No More will be called Babel.
In a statement, Mumford & Sons said:
"We are more than excited to release Babel into the world. We had started writing new songs well before we got into the studio to record. At first, we peeled ourselves off the road quite reluctantly. We love playing live, obviously, but it had also become an important part of our creative process, we had been writing and rehearsing in soundchecks, and sort of ‘road-testing’ new songs on our very gracious audiences. But then we fell in love with recording again.
"The album started to come together, and with the help of Markus Dravs once more (and engineer Robin Baynton), we started to relish the challenge of making this album. As a band, we’ve never been closer or more collaborative, all working to our strengths. And so we feel that this record is a natural progression that we’re proud of, and we cannot wait to take it out on the road."
A number of the tracks, including Lover's Eye and Ghosts That We Knew, have been debuted in the band's live shows throughout their recent Gentlemen Of The Road tour and festival appearances.
The band - consisting of Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett, Country Winston Marshall and Ted Dwane - formed in December 2007 and released their debut album in 2009. It which reached number one in Ireland, Australia and New Zealand and eventually peaked at number two on the UK Album Chart and the Billboard 200 in the US. In 2011, it won them the Brit Award for Best British Album.
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The Babel tracklist is as follows:
'Babel'
'Whispers In The Dark'
'I Will Wait'
'Holland Road'
'Ghosts That We Knew'
'Lover Of The Light'
'Lovers’ Eyes'
'Reminder'
'Hopeless Wanderer'
'Broken Crown'
'Below My Feet'
'Not With Haste'