Lav's Music Corner

Of Monsters And Men is an Icelandic indie band that skyrocketed to stardom around the world in 2011 when their mega-hit Little Talks  took off and their debut album My Head Is An Animal  went platinum later that same year. Despite being met with critical acclaim the band took four years to release a follow-up and by that time much of their initial hype had died down. Making this even more of a challenge to the band was that their second record Beneath The Skin  was met with lukewarm critical reception. Now once again the band has taken four years between studio albums and have the opportunity to recover their reputation as an indie act of veteran status with two singles that were met positively leading up to this record. Review By Lavender: My Head Is An Animal  sounded so exciting in 2011, there were huge walls of instrumentation that enveloped so much of the tame alternative rock and folk inspired indie that dropped around the time. Not only did Of Monsters ...