New Mumford & Sons Video (Starring Idris Elba): “Lover Of The Light”

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Mumford & Sons have given us one of the most simple – yet thought provoking – music videos of the year. Director Idris Elba (The Wire, Prometheus) plays the role of a blind man coming to terms with his limitations in a spectacular performance of anguish and perseverance. “Lover of the Light” is the latest single off the band’s sophomore album Babel.

Read our cover story on Mumford & Sons in the November/December issue.