Of Monsters and Men

Icelandic chamber pop band of Monsters and Men broke onto the worldwide music scene in 2011, only a year following successful their country’s countrywide battle-of-the-band competition Musiktilraunir. Hailed mainly because “the brand new Arcade Open fire” in Moving Stone journal, the band’s unique lineup comprised vocalist/guitarists Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir and Ragnar Þórhallsson, guitarist Brynjar Leifsson, keyboardist Árni Guðjónsson, bass participant Kristján Páll Kristjánsson, and drummer Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson. Their debut recording, My Head Can be an Animal, premiered in Iceland by Record Information in nov 2011. Its infectious 1st single, “Small Talks,” noticed worldwide success, as well as the music group signed with Common GROUP. An EP entitled In to the Woods was released immediately after, and a global launch of their debut adopted in 2012 having a somewhat different monitor list. The recording became a global strike, charting throughout Traditional western European countries and Australasia, and striking number six within the U.S. Billboard 200. Trips and major event looks including Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, and Glastonbury adopted, as did tv appearances like the U.S.’s NIGHT TIME with Jimmy Fallon per month following the album’s launch as well as the U.K.’s The Graham Norton Display later in the entire year. Around this period, Guðjónsson remaining the music group, and in the springtime of 2013 the quintet received a coveted i’m all over this the U.S.’s Sunday Night time Live. The same yr, their music “Silhouettes” appeared within the soundtrack for The Food cravings Games: Catching Open fire as well as the group started focus on its second recording. Co-produced by High Costey (Interpol, Muse, Kimbra) and documented in Iceland and LA in 2014 and early 2015, Under the Pores and skin made an appearance in June 2015, debuting at three over the Billboard charts.