The only track from Love Your Ground to be included on Sigh No More was " Little Lion Man". At the time, band members did not even own their own instruments-Dravs initially turned them away when they showed up at the recording sessions empty-handed. The band finally recorded Sigh No More with Markus Dravs, who had produced albums with artists such as Arcade Fire. Throughout 2008 and into 2009, Mumford & Sons performed in small to moderate venues in the UK and US, exposing audiences to Love Your Ground tracks and other material that would eventually become Sigh No More. Mumford & Sons' first project was an EP entitled Love Your Ground which took a year to complete and was released in November 2008 on Chess Club Records. The experience helped inform his attitude towards Mumford & Sons audiences, which is to interact frequently and to try to create a comfortable, casual atmosphere. They also toured Australia with Laura Marling, whose disinclination to interact with audiences encouraged Mumford into the spotlight. June 2008 marked the band's first appearance at the Glastonbury Festival. In February 2008, the band completed an extensive UK tour with support from Alessi's Ark, Sons of Noel and Adrian, Peggy Sue and others. Over the next six months I kept going to see them and they were literally picking up fans every time." Bloom told HitQuarters that they were still at a fledgling state and not yet ready for a label deal: "There was no one there for it, just a few friends, and they needed time to develop. It was through Tudhope's connection that Mumford & Sons was exposed to their future A&R at Island, Louis Bloom, who began monitoring the band. In early 2008, the band began working with manager Adam Tudhope, who, as part of management company Everybody's, also represents Keane and Laura Marling. It's not exclusive." Having developed in the same musical and cultural environment, Mumford & Sons' sound has been compared to that of artists such as Noah and the Whale, Johnny Flynn and Laura Marling, whose backing band had included Marshall, Mumford, and Dwane. Someone got over-excited about a few bands who live in a hundred-mile radius and put it in a box to sell it as a package. Well, some of it is, and it's certainly not a scene. In an interview with the Herald Sun, Marcus Mumford said, "It's not folk really. Mumford downplays that characterisation as an exaggeration-Mumford & Sons and a few other folk acts just happened to be operating in the same general area at the time. Ī handful of similar bands were increasing their visibility in West London around the same time, giving rise to the label "West London folk scene". Lovett indicated that the name was meant to evoke the sense of an "antiquated family business name". The band name originates from Marcus Mumford being the most visible member, organizing the band and their performances. Band members play acoustic guitar, drums, keyboard instruments, bass guitar, and traditional folk instruments such as banjo, mandolin and resonator guitar. Mumford & Sons was formed in late 2007 by multi-instrumentalists Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall and Ted Dwane.