Of Monsters And
Men hail from Iceland, a place that’s surprisingly verdant
compared to their neighbor Greenland, but shh ... it’s a
secret Bjork’s been carrying for years. This group, however,
is going to be one of the country’s worst-kept secrets at
their rate. With a sound as big as the band itself, this
sextet crafts an absolutely awesome set of pop, and despite
having band members with names I can hardly pronounce, that
bout of mispronunciation hardly keeps me from singing along
to their tracks. Their folksy Scandinavian sets are as
playful as the dynamics between the boy-girl vocals they
utilize, and with a penchant for anthemic chorals and
relentlessly upbeat rhythms, Of Monsters And Men is nothing
short of brilliant. Their debut album, My Head Is An
Animal, was freshly released to our shores April 3.
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