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Nov 05, 2012 By Mike Hilleary Mumford & Sons

This morning UK folk rockers Mumford & Sons premiered what could arguably go down as one of the best music videos of the year with their Babel track “Lover of the Light.”

Simple in concept but near perfect in execution the video stars actor Idris Elba (who co-directed the clip with Dan Cadan) as a blind man living alone in the English countryside who suddenly decides after his morning breakfast to leave his walking stick behind and take off into the wilderness with reckless abandon.

What truly makes the whole thing work is Elba’s peformance. Without saying a single word the Golden Globe winner captures something in the character that is truly remarkable, conveying a genuine sense of exhaustion, determination, and joy. If there were ever best-acting awards handed out for the medium, the man would be a shoo-in to take home the trophy. Click below to watch.

(www.mumfordandsons.com)