Beneath the Skin is the second studio album by Icelandic folk-pop band Of Monsters and Men released on 8 June 2015 in Iceland, and a day later in the rest of the world. The album artwork and design has been created by artistic director Leif Podhajsky. Beneath the Skin is the second studio album by Icelandic folk-pop band Of Monsters and Men released on 8 June 2015 in Iceland, and a day later in the rest of the world. The album artwork and design has been created by artistic director Leif Podhajsky. false 2022-11-25 21:24:19 Beneath the Skin 8.7 2015 2015-06-08 2015-06-08 66 Folk Pop Indie Folk Indie Pop Indie Rock Pop Pop Rock Rock 112733 2242506 c8fb5606-6c90-4b4c-ae3d-b4d1e0d46169 9e103f85-7af7-41d7-b83b-49ba8f0c5abf 2e1e605d-5090-420d-beae-e7ff73791082 /config/metadata/library/0d/0d2fd877a6e6c82a7140a4908910c2d4/folder.jpg Of Monsters and Men Of Monsters and Men 1 1 Crystals 04:02 1 2 Human 03:58 1 3 Hunger 04:50 1 4 Wolves Without Teeth 03:53 1 5 Empire 04:22 1 6 Slow Life 05:43 1 7 Organs 04:31 1 8 Black Water 04:13 1 9 Thousand Eyes 04:02 1 10 I of the Storm 04:36 1 11 We Sink 04:23 1 12 Backyard 04:19 1 13 Winter Sound 03:42 1 14 Black Water (Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear remix) 04:27 1 15 I of the Storm (Alex Somers remix) 04:32 Of Monsters and Men is an Icelandic indie folk/rock band formed in Garðabær in 2010. It consists of lead singer and guitarist Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, singer and guitarist Ragnar "Raggi" Þórhallsson, lead 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 in Iceland. In 2011, Of Monsters and Men released an EP titled Into the Woods. Their 2011 debut album, My Head Is an Animal, reached the No.1 position in Australia, Iceland, and Ireland, as well as on the US Rock and Alternative charts, while peaking at No. 6 on the US Billboard 200 album chart, No. 3 in the UK, and top 20 of most European and Canadian charts. 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 US Alternative Songs. Of Monsters and Men won the 2013 European Border Breakers Awards.