By Katie Yoder | April 4, 2013 | 3:18 PM EDT

Labels might be useful for can of soup, according to The Huffington Post, but they aren’t practical when it comes to being Christian. 

At issue was 26-year-old Marcus Mumford, the lead singer of the popular British band “Mumford & Sons,” who refused to identify himself as “Christian” during an interview with Rolling Stone reporter Brian Hiatt. Mumford’s denial came as a surprise in Christian circles, considering his music thrives on religious imagery – or what Christianity Today called, “Christ-haunted” lyrics.