Of Monster and Men, a five-member indie-folk/indie-pop band from Iceland that started their journey in 2010, is a bit more everyday Icelandic music export than we are usually used to. In their five years of existence, they have released two studio albums and the latter, Beneath The Skin (2015), is the one with which they embark on a tour. On November 9, they will also be available in Vienna.
Group Of Monsters And Men was created when Nanna Bryndis Hilmarsdottir (previously performing under the stage name Songbird) teamed up with Ragnar “Raggi” Þórhallsson, Brynjar Leifsson and Arnar Rósenkranz Hillmarsson to perform as a four-piece at Iceland's annual music competition Músíktilrauni (Music Experiments).
After winning the talent battle in 2010, Árni Guðjónsson Kristján and Páll Kristjánsson joined the group. Their debut, My Head Is An Animal (2012), climbed to No. 6 on Billboard's best-selling albums chart in April 2012, based on track performance Little Talks and Mountain Sound not surprising at all.
Icelandic indie-folk band Of Monsters and Men then announced the follow-up to their debut album My Head Is an Animal after four years. The second album, named Beneath The Skin (2015), due to the consistent structure from the verse to the chorus, musically it does not deviate from the set form. The result, which we could hear for the first time at the beginning of June, was announced by a single Crystals.
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The group is a guest at all important world music festivals, such as Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Coachella, Osheaga, Glastonbury, and this year they also performed at the InMusic festival in Zagreb. They not only charm audiences at concerts, but also in front of television screens. This is how they appeared on some of the most prominent TV shows: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Saturday Night Live. Their composition Dirty Paws was used for the trailer of the film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013), song Silhouettes however, she appeared in the soundtrack of the film Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013).
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