It's hard not to get all mystical about Iceland.
After all, it's the land of unpronounceable volcanoes like Eyjafjallajökull, and magical pixie musicians like Bjork and Sigur Ros. It's also home to fast-rising Icelandic folk-pop outfit Of Monsters and Men, a six-piece who are more than comfortable embracing the arcane. To hear them tell it, Iceland is basically like being north of the Wall in Game of Thrones.
Vocalist-guitarist Ragnar "Raggi" Pórhallsson and drummer Arnar Hilmarsson say they can't deny that the supernatural exists -- and neither can their parents. Their fathers' tales of ghosts and trolls back home provide inspiration behind the phantasmal storytelling on the band's My Head is an Animal album.
http://www.spinner.com/2012/05/14/of-monsters-and-men-ghosts-trolls-elves/
After all, it's the land of unpronounceable volcanoes like Eyjafjallajökull, and magical pixie musicians like Bjork and Sigur Ros. It's also home to fast-rising Icelandic folk-pop outfit Of Monsters and Men, a six-piece who are more than comfortable embracing the arcane. To hear them tell it, Iceland is basically like being north of the Wall in Game of Thrones.
Vocalist-guitarist Ragnar "Raggi" Pórhallsson and drummer Arnar Hilmarsson say they can't deny that the supernatural exists -- and neither can their parents. Their fathers' tales of ghosts and trolls back home provide inspiration behind the phantasmal storytelling on the band's My Head is an Animal album.
http://www.spinner.com/2012/05/14/of-monsters-and-men-ghosts-trolls-elves/