ARTIST · INDIE / FOLK

Of Monsters and Men

Mountain-air gang vocals and tom-driven lifts—Nordic myth as modern radio travelogue.

Indie folk
Indie pop

Updated 27 October 2026

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Biography

My Head Is an Animal exported Icelandic textures through singalong architecture.

Little Talks matched accordion color with stadium-ready dynamics.

Later albums stretched production while keeping choral identity.

High-bitrate streams keep bowed metal, male-female blend, and kick thump distinct.

Of Monsters and Men started in Reykjavík when Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir and Ragnar Þórhallsson won the Músíktilraunir band competition in 2010. Their debut My Head Is an Animal (2011) included Little Talks, with a trumpet line and shouted chorus that made it a worldwide hit.

Beneath the Skin (2015) was darker, and Fever Dream (2019) added synthesizers. Their songs often feature fantasy imagery and group vocals.

Interesting facts about Of Monsters and Men

01 Icelandic indie band formed in Reykjavík in 2010.
02 My Head Is an Animal (2011) included Little Talks as an international breakthrough track.
03 Reached high chart positions in multiple countries across North America and Europe.
04 The band won Iceland’s Músíktilraunir competition in 2010.
05 Fever Dream was released in 2019.