After winning the nationwide 2010 battle-of-the-bands competition Musiktilraunir in their native Iceland, six-piece chamber pop group Of Monsters and Man were hailed as "the new Arcade Fire" in Rolling Stone magazine. A
... After winning the nationwide 2010 battle-of-the-bands competition Musiktilraunir in their native Iceland, six-piece chamber pop group Of Monsters and Man were hailed as "the new Arcade Fire" in Rolling Stone magazine. A bidding war ensued, and the group signed with Universal Music Group. In the beginning of 2012, a four-song EP titled Into the Woods was released as a preview to their full-length debut, My Head Is an Animal, which was scheduled for release in the States that spring.