With their trumpets, accordions and mystical storytelling, Of Monsters and Men
created a form of oddball indie folk to charm the music world and make them
Iceland's highest-ever charting band in the US. Originally a solo project of
Nanna Bryndis Hilmarsdóttir, the group came together to win a nationwide battle
of the bands competition before being spotted and championed by Seattle radio
station KEXP at the Iceland Airwaves Festival in 2010. Their debut single
"Little Talks" made the top 20 in the US charts and became a hit across the
world, selling over two million copies in Amer...