caption current_members years_active label article_title past_members background genre image origin name
of on 5 april 2012 monsters and men playing in new york city nanna kristjánsson arnar rósenkranz hilmarsson bryndís hilmarsdóttir ragnar Þórhallsson brynjar leifsson kristján páll 2010 -- present record records , universal republic , republic of monsters and men
 Árni guðjónsson group_or_band indie folk , indie pop of_monsters_and_men . jpg garður / keflavík / garðabær , iceland of monsters and men
of monsters and men

of monsters and men is a five-member , english-language indie folk/indie pop band from keflavík , iceland , formed in 2010 .
the members are lead singer/guitarist nanna bryndís hilmarsdóttir , co-singer-guitarist ragnar `` raggi '' Þórhallsson , guitarist brynjar leifsson , drummer arnar rósenkranz hilmarsson and bassist kristján páll kristjánsson .
the band won the músíktilraunir in 2010 , an annual battle of the bands competition in iceland .
in 2011 , of monsters and men released an ep titled `` into the woods '' .
the band 's 2011 debut album `` my head is an animal '' , reached the no. 1 position in australia , iceland , ireland and the u.s. rock and alternative charts , while peaking at no. 6 on the u.s. `` billboard '' 200 album chart , no. 3 in the uk , and top 20 of most european charts and canada .
its lead single `` little talks '' was an international success , reaching the top 10 in most music charts in europe , including no. 1 in ireland and iceland , and no. 1 on u.s. alternative songs .
of monsters and men won the 2013 european border breakers awards .
