Of Monsters and Men - My Head Is an Animal [24 bit FLAC] vinyl

Of Monsters and Men - My Head Is an Animal (2012) [24 bit FLAC] vinyl

Released: 2012
Genre: Pop/Rock
Style: Alternative, Indie Rock
Codec: FLAC
Bit Rate: ~ 2,700 kbps
Bits Per Sample: 24
Sample Rate: 96,000 Hz

01. Dirty Paws
02. King and Lionheart
03. Mountain Sound
04. Slow And Steady
05. From Finner
06. Little Talks
07. Six Weeks
08. Love Love Love
09. Your Bones
10. Sloom
11. Lakehouse
12. Yellow Light

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.