My Head Is an Animal is the debut studio album by the Icelandic indie folk band Of Monsters and Men, released in Iceland in September 2011. After their success, topping the Icelandic charts with their debut single, "Little Talks", the band signed with Universal Music Group and the album was released in North America on April 3, 2012. The title of the album comes from the second line in "Dirty Paws". My Head Is an Animal is the debut studio album by the Icelandic indie folk band Of Monsters and Men, released in Iceland in September 2011. After their success, topping the Icelandic charts with their debut single, "Little Talks", the band signed with Universal Music Group and the album was released in North America on April 3, 2012. The title of the album comes from the second line in "Dirty Paws". false 2023-11-16 04:11:12 My Head Is an Animal 9.3 2021 2021-10-29 2021-10-29 60 Chamber Pop Folk Rock Folk Pop Indie Folk Indie Pop Indie Rock Pop Rock Baroque Pop 112733 2120400 660933cf-3d83-4444-bcbb-a36bfcd43dac 9e103f85-7af7-41d7-b83b-49ba8f0c5abf b7ac3c3e-095e-4bcf-94f9-694ca175b79d /media/data/media4/Music/Of Monsters and Men/My Head Is an Animal (2011)/folder.jpg Of Monsters and Men AlbumArtist Of Monsters and Men Artist Of Monsters and Men Of Monsters and Men 1 Dirty Paws 04:38 2 King And Lionheart (2011 Iceland Release Version) 04:44 3 Numb Bears (2011 Iceland Release Version) 02:45 4 Sloom 04:44 5 Little Talks 04:26 6 From Finner 03:42 7 Six Weeks 05:32 8 Love Love Love 03:57 9 Your Bones 04:07 10 Lakehouse (2011 Iceland Release Version) 05:56 11 Yellow Light 04:53 12 Sinking Man (2011 Iceland Release Version) 02:49 13 Phantom 04:42 14 Sugar in a Bowl 02:48 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.