The Lumineers is the self-titled debut studio album by American folk rock band The Lumineers. The album was released in the United States on 3 April 2012, and contains the singles, "Ho Hey" and "Stubborn Love". The album has peaked at number 11 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Critical reception
The album has so far been well received by critics. Robert Copsey, of Digital Spy gave the album a positive review stating, "One act wholly deserving of riding the rustic folk-pop revival wave are The Lumineers. Since forming in 2005 (and finding cellist Neyla Pekarek on Craigslist), the Colorado-based trio were largely ignored until word of their catchy banjo-pop spread with the help of the lead single from their self-titled album 'Ho Hey'; a number about smug love set to marching drums just different enough from early Mumford & Sons to avoid a like-for-like comparison. 'Flowers In Your Head' and 'Dead Sea' are equally as sing-songy, the latter even gloriously adding in its own lyrical echoes. Naturally, there's plenty of lovelorning too, with the majority reserved for the back-end of the LP. 'Slow It Down' is a beer-swilling ballad in which singer Wesley Schultz desperately cries: "I feel a filth in my bones;" while the cosy, parlour-room piano on 'Flapper Girl' treads a dangerous but successful path between cute and sincere as he pleads to be reunited with his lover. The pace is maintained easily enough until closer 'Morning Song', a haunting song equipped with a lighter-waving chorus that suggests they've still got plenty more to get off their chest. Fortunately, this charming debut should see that they can do just that."[1]