Rising rock band Of Monsters and Men in Vancouver Of Monsters and Men Type: Music See Livenation Of Monsters and Men is an amiable group of five day dreamers from Iceland. The group's bright, trumpeting single "Little Talks" is winning over one blog at a time. More details Date and time May 12 2013, 7:30 p.m. Location Orpheum, 601 Smithe Street at Seymour Vancouver Contact 1.855.985.5000 Ticketmaster Of Monsters and Men is an amiable group of five day dreamers who craft folkie pop songs. But in 2010, the normally mild-mannered five pack transformed into total rock stars after stomping out their competition during Músiktilraunir, a yearly battle of the bands in their native Iceland. The group's bright, trumpeting single "Little Talks" winning over one blog at a time, Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir and her bandmates (co-singer/guitarist Ragnar "Raggi" Þórhallsson, guitarist Brynjar Leifsson, drummer Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson, and bassist Kristján Páll Kristjánsson) are well on their way to becoming citizens of the world. Though their reach is growing broader, the group's appeal has remained distinct: Their music is as fantastical as it is pretty. For inspiration, they often reference random stories they've read. The chanting, tribal "Six Weeks" was inspired by the true tale of American frontiersman Hugh Glass, seemingly left for dead after 86ing a bear that attacked him. Explains Nanna, giggling: "I was reading a post about the six most badass guys in history." As for the swelling, epic "From Finner" "It's about a whale that has a house on its back" says Raggi "on which people travel across the ocean, exploring different places and having adventures." They also dig deeper, past legends of grizzly men and whale riders. "Little Talks," for instance, explores loneliness and insanity, while "Love Love Love" ruefully ruminates on heartbreak. "If you listen to the lyrics, they're not as uplifting," he says. "But our music is meant to be fun to sing along to." In September 2011, Of Monsters and Men celebrated their full-length debut, My Head Is an Animal. (The album, which was released in Iceland and hit No 1 there soon after, was released worldwide in April 2012.) For both occasions, they cut out animal masks for the attendees to wear, making them makeshift monster-men/women. "Iceland can be a very isolated country and that translates to the music," Nanna says, adding,"We get stuck in our little world"..
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