![]() ![]() We try not to force anything and if something isn't working we move on. We just kind of sit down for coffee with our guitars and start talking about the song we're working on. The lyrics are a collaboration between Nanna and myself. How did this writing style evolve? Are your lyrics a culmination of all your voices or does one band member's voice represent you all? It doesn't feel forced and it seems like that’s one of the reasons you manage to reach such depth: it comes from the heart. Your writing style is very much poetic, yearning and imaginative. You go through new things, new things excite you and inspire and the things you create change along with that. You're not going to be writing about the same thing over and over again. ![]() We didn't necessarily aim for a style change, I think it's just something that happens with time. What was the process like putting together "Beneath The Skin"? Was there any intention to make a stylistic shift? And if so, how did you fit the emotions into your music so that it would resonate with your audience most effectively? Your most recent album, Beneath The Skin is a lot more intimate and personal, contrasting your adventurous first album, My Head Is An Animal. It's fun to play around with when writing music. We love to create contrasts, so our songs often tend to start off slow and slowly build into something big, or we start out with a bang and then drop back down. It's something that comes very naturally for us. Would you say that this technique is intentional and signature of your musical style? ’Hunger' specifically starts off with an elusive slow sound, before it escalates to a strong, potent beat that drives the vocals forward. Many of your songs encompass an inspiring blend of spirited and impassioned driving tempos that enlivens your music. I think choosing a name is all about a gut feeling. We had some other ideas but there was something about that name that felt right to us. That name seemed to fit with what we where doing lyrically in the beginning. Their music changes with them - their stories, highlighting the subtle undertones of their experiences, births each record that have since made them a dominant force in indie pop. Their unique brand of euphoric folk-pop has evolved and elevated them into a realm of maturity, mainly through inspiration and experimentation, and constantly seeking out their natural musical inclinations. A year later they released their EP Into the Woods, and have since released two studio albums - the runaway success My Head Is an Animal and, most recently, Beneath the Skin. The band was formed in 2009 as an extension of lead vocalist Nanna Hilmarsdottir's solo project, Songbird, and after winning the music competition Músíktilraunir, they became a full-fledged unit. Of Monsters and Men is a six-member indie folk-pop band from Iceland. However, Of Monsters and Men is one exception among many. Whilst the music is the chief product, it can get lost amidst the sea of industrial change. Often, musicians lose themselves in the delirium of success and demanding expectations of the music industry. ![]()
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