Of Monsters and Men

Of Monsters and Men
Of Monsters and Men at an appearance in New York City on April 5, 2012
General information
Genre (s)	Indie rock , folk rock
founding	2007
Website	www.ofmonstersandmen.com
Current occupation
Vocals , acoustic guitar	Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir
Vocals, acoustic guitar	Ragnar Thórhallsson
Electric guitar	Brynjar Leifsson
Drums	Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson
bass	Kristján Páll Kristjánsson
former members
Piano , accordion	Árni Guðjónsson

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Into the Woods   US 108 01/14/2012 (9 weeks) My Head Is an Animal   DE 4th  platinum 05/11/2012 (38 weeks)   AT 17th 05/11/2012 (21 weeks)   CH 29 04/22/2012 (50 weeks)   UK 3  platinum 09/08/2012 (65 weeks)   US 6th  platinum 04/21/2012 (107 weeks) Beneath the skin   DE 10 06/12/2015 (5 weeks)   AT 20th 06/19/2015 (1 week)   CH 6th 06/14/2015 (7 weeks)   UK 10  silver 06/20/2015 (6 weeks)   US 3 06/27/2015 (11 weeks) Fever Dream   DE 29 08/02/2019 (1 week)   AT 55 08/09/2019 (1 week)   CH 13 08/04/2019 (2 weeks)   UK 15th 08/08/2019 (1 week)   US 9 08/10/2019 (1 week)

Singles

Little Talks   DE 5  × 3 Triple gold 04/20/2012 (45 weeks)   AT 9  gold 05/04/2012 (23 weeks)   CH 24  gold 05/13/2012 (31 weeks)   UK 12  platinum 08/18/2012 (40 weeks)   US 20th  × 5 Quintuple platinum 04/21/2012 (48 weeks) Mountain Sound   UK 66 11/10/2012 (2 weeks) Dirty Paws   CH 75 01/12/2014 (1 week)

Of Monsters and Men ( English for by monsters and humans ) is an Icelandic band from Keflavík and Garðabær . Her style can be assigned to indie rock and is often compared to that of Arcade Fire .

history

The band - back then as a quartet with Nanna, Ragnar, Brynjar and Arnar - won the 2010 national band competition Músiktilraunir . After the competition, Árni and Kristján joined as additional band members. During their performances they are also usually supported by the trumpeter Ragnhildur Gunnarsdóttir, who has not yet been an official member of the band. In October 2011, Of Monsters and Men performed during the Iceland Airwaves a . a. in Reykjavík's new Harpa concert hall .

For the release of their first album, the band signed a contract with Record Records in Iceland in February 2011. In March 2011 she recorded her debut album at Studio Sýrland in Reykjavík. In August 2011, Philadelphia's radio station 104.5 began playing Little Talks in the United States , making the band known across the country.

With this song, the band stayed at number 1 in the Icelandic singles charts for several weeks in 2011. Her debut album My Head Is an Animal was released in Iceland in September 2011 and was also released on the American market in April 2012, where it reached number six on the Billboard 200, the highest ranking by an Icelandic band or artist to date. An EP Into the Woods with four selected tracks from their album was released in December 2011.

Due to their success in Iceland and their growing popularity in the USA, the band signed a contract with Universal for a worldwide release of their album . Her song Dirty Paws , from whose lyrics the album title is borrowed, was played in the 2013 film The Amazing Life of Walter Mitty and the song Silhouettes is part of the soundtrack of the film The Hunger Games - Catching Fire . In 2013 Of Monsters and Men received the European Border Breakers Award (EBBA). The album The Walking Dead (AMC's Original Soundtrack - Vol. 1) for the series of the same name , released in March 2014, contains the song Sinking Man .

The second studio album, Beneath the Skin , was released on June 8, 2015, followed by the third studio album, Fever Dream , on July 26, 2019 .

Appearances

In 2012 Of Monsters and Men played concerts in North America and some European countries, including Ireland, Germany, Italy and Sweden. In 2015, the second studio album was followed by another tour, during which the band gave three concerts in Cologne, Munich and Berlin, among others.

Discography

Albums

• 2011: My Head Is an Animal (2012 international release)
• 2015: Beneath the Skin
• 2019: Fever Dream

Live albums

• 2013: Live from Vatnagarðar

EPs

• 2011: Into the Woods

Singles

• 2011: Little Talks
• 2012: Dirty Paws (UK:silver, US: gold)
• 2012: Mountain Sound (US:platinum)
• 2013: King and Lionheart
• 2013: Silhouettes
• 2015: Crystals
• 2015: Empire
• 2015: I of the Storm
• 2015: Wolves Without Teeth
• 2019: alligator
• 2019: Wild Roses

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Denmark 2013: for streaming Little Talks  Canada 2013: for the single Mountain Sound 2015: for the album Beneath the Skin Platinum record  Australia 2013: for the single Mountain Sound  Belgium 2013: for the single Little Talks

2 × platinum record  Australia 2016: for the album My Head Is an Animal  Italy 2014: for the single Little Talks  Canada 2013: for the album My Head Is an Animal  Sweden 2013: for the single Little Talks 3 × platinum record  Canada 2013: for the single Little Talks 6 × platinum record  Australia 2015: for the single Little Talks

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	-	9 × platinum9	630,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	-	platinum1	30,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	650,000	musikindustrie.de
Italy (FIMI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	120,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	2 × gold2	5 × platinum5	480,000	musiccanada.com
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	15,000	ifpi.at
Sweden (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	80,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	15,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	7 × platinum7th	7,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	-	2 × platinum2	1,160,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	7 × gold7th	30 × platinum30th

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE1 DE2 + AT + CH UK US
2. ↑ A band that makes you happy , sueddeutsche.de. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
3. ↑ Sinéad O'Connor, Yoko Ono and 'New Arcade Fire' Of Monsters and Men Rock Reykjavik , rollingstone.com. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
4. ↑ Icelandic Music - Part 10 The Magic of the North, May 1, 2012, accessed August 16, 2012

Web links

Commons : Of Monsters and Men  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Of Monsters and Men on Myspace