New band of the day – No 1,278: Of Monsters and Men

With their lusty and loud brand of stadium folk, this Icelandic band are a crashing, carousing dead-cert for summer successHometown: Reykjavik, Iceland.The lineup: Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir (vocals), Ragnar "Raggi" Þórhallsson (vocals, guitar), Brynjar Leifsson (guitar), Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson (drums), Árni Guðjónsson (piano, accordion) and Kristján Páll Kristjánsson (bass).The background: Last month, the debut album by Of Monsters and Men reached No 6 in the US, the highest ev...

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