Firstly I'd like to wish you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year and thanks for following and commenting on my weird and complex taste in music!!
Of Monsters and Men are a five-piece indie folk/indie pop
band from Iceland, formed in 2010. The members are co-singer/guitarist Nanna
Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, co-singer/guitarist Ragnar "Raggi"
Þórhallsson, guitarist Brynjar Leifsson, drummer Arnar Rósenkranz
Hilmarsson,and bassist Kristján Páll Kristjánsson. Try saying them names after
a few beers!
The band won the
Músíktilraunir in 2010, an annual battle of the bands competition in Iceland.
In 2011, Of Monsters and Men released an EP entitled Into the Woods. The band's
debut album My Head Is an Animal (2011), peaked at No. 6 on the US album chart
and No 3 here in the UK. Its lead single "Little Talks" was an
international success, reaching No 12 in the UK and No 31 in the US, but it did
make it the No1 spot the US Alternative Songs Chart and in their homeland.
Unfortunately the follow up “Mountain Song only reached UK
No 66 and US 106!! I think it’s the better of the two to be honest, but hey
that’s me!
I couldn’t find an official video for the song, but I’ve
included a live version as well, which is just as good if not better than the
studio version.
That was so happy! I like it :)
ReplyDeleteHi Ray,
ReplyDeleteI definetly prefer the Mountain Sound song too! Hey that's us after all!
P@+ Grognard