Marcus Mumford on Glastonbury, Devon Life, Surfing, and New Music

Culinary Adventures and Childhood Memories

• 🥩 Beef tagliata with a lemon, garlic, and rosemary marinade, served alongside a fresh potato salad featuring peas, artichokes, new potatoes, asparagus, feta, and mint, was prepared for Marcus.
• 🍗 Marcus's ultimate last supper would be his mother's roast chicken with roast potatoes and a rich, dark gravy made with red wine and Marmite.
• 🍰 A brown sugar and hazelnut pavlova with quince was the dessert, despite an initial mishap with burnt syrup.
• 🏡 Growing up, meals were typically eaten at 6:30 PM with his parents and older brother, with his mother doing most of the cooking.

Life in Devon and Surfing

• 📍 Marcus moved to Devon just before the pandemic, making his previously purchased place permanent in 2019, and now considers it home.
• 🌊 He enjoys surfing in Devon, with access to south coast breaks within an hour and north coast breaks in about 1 hour 20 minutes.
• 🏄‍♂️ While not a skilled surfer, Marcus is a keen participant, often using the Surf Line app for wave predictions.
• 🏖️ He notes that Malibu has become very crowded and competitive for surfing, with a need for key fobs to access beaches.

Faith, Family, and Community

• ⛪ Both of Marcus's parents were vicars in the Church of England before leaving to establish the first Vineyard Church in the UK in their Wimbledon home.
• 🙏 Religion has been a significant part of his life, and he was baptized only a few years ago, as their church practiced infant dedication rather than baptism.
• 🤝 Hospitality and community were central to the Vineyard Church model, with gatherings and shared meals being a key aspect.
• 🏡 His wife grew up Catholic, and while they both have faith backgrounds, their current beliefs differ from their upbringings.

Music Creation and Collaboration

• 🎶 Mumford & Sons are releasing their sixth album, 'Prizefighter', in February 2026, following five albums released earlier this year.
• ✍️ Marcus emphasizes the importance of daily songwriting, likening it to a muscle that needs exercise, inspired by advice from Noel Gallagher.
• 🌍 The band wrote songs for their new album in various locations, including LA, Devon, Nashville, Savannah, Paris, and New York.
• 🎤 He has enjoyed collaborating with other artists, including Hozier and Gracie Abrams, and has even produced for Maisie Peters.
• 🌟 Taylor Swift used Marcus's studio in Devon to finish her album 'Evermore' during the end of the pandemic, described as a phenomenal house guest.

Glastonbury and Football

• ⛰️ Marcus humorously recalls trying to steal a sofa from a Glastonbury dressing room as a souvenir after headlining.
• ⚽ He took his daughter to her first Wimbledon AFC game at Wembley after their promotion, expressing pride in the team's current performance.
• 🏠 The fans established AFC Wimbledon after the original club was sold and relocated to Milton Keynes, with the team now playing at their new stadium at Plow Lane.