With their trumpets, accordions and mystical storytelling, Of Monsters and Men
created a form of oddball indie folk to charm the music world and make them
Iceland's highest-ever charting band in the US.
Originally a solo project of Nanna Bryndis Hilmarsdóttir, the group came
together to win a nationwide battle of the bands competition before being
spotted and championed by Seattle radio station KEXP at the Iceland Airwaves
Festival in 2010. Their debut single 'Little Talks' made the top 20 in the US
charts and became a hit across the world, selling over two million copies in ...