★★★★★
In these self-loathing days of hipster attitude and vintage obsession, how bizarre and foreign can a band be without being a mainstream irritant? Once your head becomes an animal, only then will you know.
Icelandic indie-rockers Of Monsters and Men became staples on alternative rock radio with the help of their chilling yet cheerful single "Little Talks," and I became interested after hearing their second, "Mountain Sound." The seemingly nonsensical album cover sold me...
- www.punknews.org
2014-02-05
★★★★★
Release Date: April 3rd, 2012 Last year, I came across Icelandic indie-pop/folk band Of Monsters and Men on accident; I found them through a music website that had a blog post talking about 10 bands that are very underrated. Of Monsters and Men were one of these bands. I had vaguely heard of them for awhile, but I always thought they were some generic post-hardcore, and most people do seem to think that, which is a bit saddening...
- absolutepunk.net
2012-10-04
★★★★★
Of Monsters and Men have enjoyed considerable UK radio play in the middle of 2012 - but the truth is, Britain, that we've been slow on the uptake. This Icelandic six-piece have already conquered their homeland, vast swathes of continental Europe and, most impressively, that elusive US market: My Head Is an Animal hit number six in the Billboard chart back in April...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2012-08-30
★★★★★
Huge stars in their native Iceland, raggle-taggle rockers Of Monsters and Men have what it takes to achieve the same success in Britain, combining as they do Arcade Fire's exuberance and Mumford & Sons' undemanding take on folk. And yet for all the wide-eyed charm of its finest songs - recent single Dirty Paws is electrifying - the sextet's debut album is too empty to excite, its odder, quieter moments all but smothered by windy rock...
- www.guardian.co.uk
2012-08-30
★★★★★
It's about a six-hour flight from the East Coast of the United States to Reykjavík, Iceland, the hometown of up and coming sextet Of Monsters and Men. And the band's debut album is like that moment during such a transatlantic flight where travelers realize that the journey is just a little bit too long, but ultimately worthwhile...
- www.pastemagazine.com
2012-04-23
★★★★★
I've had a long-standing love affair with Icelandic bands and their music; The Sugarcubes in the '80s, Bjork in the '90s and Sigur Ros from 1999 through most of the 2000?s. I thought my streak had ended until I recently had the opportunity to listen to My Head is an Animal by you guessed it - an Icelandic band called Of Monsters and Men.While on a 10km walk, I listened to the album as it looped through three times. This album is solid from start to finish. A rarity for most new music releases...
- www.musicvice.com
2012-04-16
★★★★★
Summary: Full of life and full of love. This Icelandic six-piece folk band is off to one hell of a start. Before releasing anything officially, they won Musiktilraunir, an annual battle of the bands competition in their home country. During the summer of 2011, their single 'Little Talks' began to receive heavy play on Philadelphia radio stations, and before too long its infectious blend of stripped down folk and indie-pop caught fire across the rest of the United States...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Of Monsters and Men My Head is an Animal (Universal) The advance buzz for Iceland's Of Monsters and Men touts comparisons to Mumford & Sons and especially Arcade Fire, and this debut album proves that anything but false advertising. Opener 'Dirty Paws' even chimes in with a patented Arcade Fire "hey" to mark its widescreen build, as does 'From Finner' and the breakthrough duet of an early single 'Little Talks'...
- www.thevine.com.au
2012-04-09
★★★★★
Coming off as a genetic cross between Edward Sharpe's Home and Mumford & Sons' The Cave, Icelandic troupe Of Monsters and Men's Little Talks, the band's first North American single, is bound to become as ubiquitous on indie radios as the aforementioned songs...
- hour.ca
2012-04-05
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