The record was co-written and co-produced alongside The National’s Aaron Dessner at his Long Pond Studio in upstate New York.
A mere seven months on from the arrival of RUSHMERE, the band’s long anticipated number one album in March 2025, Mumford & Sons take full advantage of a prolific period of songwriting with another full-length record in quick succession.
Co-produced and co-written with The National’s Aaron Dessner who the band previously worked with on their third record Wilder Mind, Prizefighter captures the band at their most open and instinctive. In just ten days, they’d written more than an album’s worth of songs, and a collection that feels both deeply personal, instinctive and unguardedly communal. Marcus Mumford’s lyrics grapple with resilience and striving, singing with a mix of confidence and urgency.
For Marcus, Ben Lovett, and Ted Dwane, the sessions were as much about rediscovery as recording. Days spent writing in Hudson cafés and nights spent around Long Pond’s kitchen table gave rise to songs that feel unpolished in the best sense—alive with first takes and the joy of simply making music together again. Re-energised, rejuvenated and in the form of their lives, Prizefighter embraces and reflects that full-strength energy and enthusiasm with 14 songs of light, shade and everything in-between.
That openness extended to the studio door too. Mumford & Sons welcomed collaborators into the studio, calling on the likes of Hozier, Gracie Abrams, Chris Stapleton, Gigi Perez, and Dessner himself. Their presence underscored the band’s commitment to community and connection.
Marcus Mumford: “We feel like we’re hitting our prime as a creative force. We’re putting everything we have into this now, and we’re using everything about our experience so far to embrace exactly who we are. We’re comfortable in our skins these days. And Prizefighter is us going for it – serious and playful, sometimes bruised and always hopeful. We’re nowhere near done yet.”
“I hope and believe and we’re in the beginning of something we don’t want to let up on. I’m more excited to be in this band than I’ve ever been.”
Since RUSHMERE’s release, Mumford & Sons have largely been out on the road across the US, interspersing a string of sold-out arena dates with a return to a tour they initially started over a decade ago out on the US railroad, joined this time by the likes of Maggie Rogers and Noah Kahan. The band follow this new single’s release by returning to the UK and Europe for a 22-date run that concludes with two hometown shows at London’s O2 Arena. Any remaining tickets for the European leg of the tour are on sale now via www.mumfordandsons.com
Album Tracklisting:
Here (with Chris Stapleton)
Rubber Band Man (with Hozier)
The Banjo Song
Run Together
Conversation With My Son
Alleycat
Prizefighter
Begin Again
Icarus (with Gigi Perez)
Stay
Badlands (with Gracie Abrams)
Shadow Of A Man
I’ll Tell You Everything
Clover
Mumford & Sons Live (2025/26):
6th November – Avicii Arena, Stockholm (w/ The Vaccines + The Barr Brothers)
8th November – Royal Arena, Copenhagen (w/ The Vaccines + The Barr Brothers)
10th November – Uber Arena, Berlin (w/ Barr Brothers)
12th November – Lanxess Arena, Cologne (w/ The Vaccines)
13th November – Sportpaleis, Antwerp (w/ The Vaccines)
14th November – Adidas Arena, Paris (w/ The Vaccines + The Barr Brothers)
16th November – Rockhal, Luxembourg (w/ The Vaccines)
17th November – Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam (w/ The Vaccines + The Barr Brothers)
19th November – Unipol Arena, Bologna (w/ The Vaccines)
20th November – Hallenstadion, Zurich (w/ The Vaccines)
21st November – Unipol Forum, Milan (w/ The Vaccines)
23rd November – Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona (w/ The Vaccines)
25th November – Sagres Campo Pequeno, Lisbon (w/ The Vaccines)
29th November – Utilita Arena, Newcastle (w/ Sierra Ferrell) SOLD OUT
30th November – First Direct Arena, Leeds (w/ Sierra Ferrell) SOLD OUT
2nd December – OVO Hydro, Glasgow (w/ Sierra Ferrell) SOLD OUT
3rd December – Co-op Live, Manchester (w/ Sierra Ferrell) SOLD OUT
5th December – Utilita Arena, Sheffield (w/ Sierra Ferrell) SOLD OUT
7th December – Utilita Arena, Birmingham (w/ Sierra Ferrell) SOLD OUT
8th December – Utilita Arena, Cardiff (w/ Sierra Ferrell) SOLD OUT
10th December – The O2, London (w/ Sierra Ferrell) SOLD OUT
11th December – The O2, London (w/ Sierra Ferrell) SOLD OUT
27th December – Wild Horses Festival, San Diego, CA
8th January – 11th January – Out of the Blue Festival, Cancun, Mexico
20th February – 22nd February – Innings Festival, Tempe, AZ
