Of Monsters and Men's 2012 full-length debut, My Head Is an Animal, features more of the Icelandic band's acoustic-driven alt-rock featured on their 2011 EP Into the Woods. Showcasing the dual singer/guitarist/songwriters Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir and Ragnar “Raggi” Pórhallsson, the album also displays the six-piece ensemble's grand and anthemic style with a bent toward passionate folk-rock uplift and more layered, introspective moments. In that sense, the band brings to mind the work of such similarly inclined contemporaries as Arcade Fire, Angus & Julia Stone, and Mumford & Sons. While such cuts as the peppy, horn-driven "Little Talks," "Six Weeks," "Love Love Love," and "From Finner" are carryovers from Into the Woods, elsewhere we get the cinematic build of "King and Lionheart," the catchy, Florence + the Machine-sounding singalong "Mountain Sound," and the reverb-laden "Lakehouse." There's even the very '60s Celtic folk-meets-Ennio Morricone number "Your Bones." Thoughtfully crafted and full of melancholic lyricism and quietly desperate romanticism, My Head Is an Animal should appeal to any fan -- whether man or monster -- of sweet and wide-eyed folk-rock.
Review by Matt Collar
| Track | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dirty Paws | 4:38 |
| 2 | King and Lionheart | 4:33 |
| 3 | Mountain Sound | 3:34 |
| 4 | Slow and Steady | 5:01 |
| 5 | From Finner | 3:43 |
| 6 | Little Talks | 4:26 |
| 7 | Six Weeks | 5:34 |
| 8 | Love Love Love | 3:58 |
| 9 | Your Bones | 4:09 |
| 10 | Sloom | 4:43 |
| 11 | Lakehouse | 4:35 |
| 12 | Yellow Light | 4:52 |
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