Of Monsters and Men

Every time I listen to Of Monsters of Men on a CD or a record, I can't help but imagine myself sitting by a lakehouse watching the day go by somewhere in Iceland. It's strange to think it has almost been a year since I had the great opportunity to see them at Fuji Rock Festival last summer in 2013. Some may say their songs can get redundant with very similar sounding tunes but when you listen to them live at an outdoor festival, you can listen to them endlessly. I had the pleasure of attending an OMAM (Of Monsters and Men) concert in the mountains which added on a more chilled out, Icelandic vibe to their songs. It was definitely worth standing out in the rain too, especially when they played "Little Talks", oh boy was that something! Although most of the crowd was Japanese and didn't understand much English, we all felt the same way through OMAM's music. Everybody was singing and dancing and laughing under the rain and music filled the ears of everybody. Their concert was one of the first time I ever felt the love for and realized the beauty of music festivals.
Also can I say Nanna is so adorable on stage too?! She is awesome and also very friendly, I had the chance to see her off stage getting food with every other festival go-er. And I also want to make a special mention to all of the instrumentalists of OMAM, they also made the concert all the better with their live music! I would definitely go see OMAM again if they ever visit Japan again or in another country.

An overnight success story of sorts, Icelandic folk rockers Of Monsters and Men found themselves thrust into the limelight following the huge success of their debut album in the US and UK. Originally having first witnessed this band open a small stage at Reading festival back in 2012, Nanna, Ragna and co were quite a coy live act who seemed humbled by the audience and their surroundings.

However seeing them almost twelve months later they were a band transformed as they delighted a sold out crowd to huge renditions of tracks from 'My Head Is An Animal'. The Scandinavian influence on their music is very apparent on the likes of 'From Finner' and 'Lakehouse' as the band use their vocals, instruments and surrounds in unique and unusual ways to create real alternative pop. The quintet are animated throughout as Nanna skips around the stage, thanking the audience and evoking dance wherever she deems relevant.

The amount and variety of instruments on stage is very impressive but completely expected for an album as organic as their debut. Huge singalongs occur during 'Dirty Paws' whilst the unexpected hit single 'Little Talks' makes the audience erupt in delight as they dance along with this charismatic band. Of Monsters and Men's live show is an incredibly enjoyable experience as the band prove they have immeasurable potential.

The show was awesome, the venue was nice, and the staff were very friendly.
I wasn't deafened by the speakers and I didn't have to wait in a 30 minute line for water or the bathrooms.
The band played all of my favorite songs and a bunch of new ones too...
Once we were there for the show everything was awesome. BUT getting there was such a pain in the butt. Ticketmaster's site was crashing when I got tickets so that was a two hour ordeal and we ended up getting an obstructed view. Then our GPS took us all over these streets in Boston with nothing but housing. We got turned around and ended up accidentally finding ourselves somewhere we knew. So the GPS was useless. I should have just read the directions on the venue's site.
Once on foot, the venue was very hard to find.
We "conveniently" pre-paid for valet parking in the 1 Beacon St. Garage only to drop the car off and get locked in the building. When we returned we found our car with the windows down and the keys in it! Then the gate was jammed so we were stuck in there again!
So, definitely see this band, definitely go to this venue but get proper directions first and don't go in for the valet at 1 Beacon St.

Really enjoyed this show, have been a big fan of this band since "Little Talks" came out and have been excited at the chance of seeing them live.
Well they did not disappoint, they were on stage for about one hour and 20 minutes and did a great selection of songs from both albums.
The sound was incredible and their enthusiasm and stage presence was very good.
The venue was superb, it is the first concert I have attended at Marymore Park.
I was thrilled they did all the songs I like the most, for me the best song of the night was "Dirty Paws".
I highly recommend that you see this band, you will be pleased that you did.
10 out of 10 for me. I would not hesitate to see them again.

I have been following of Monsters and Men for about 18 months and as a man in his late 50,s wondered if I was doing the right thing travelling to Sheffield o2 from Suffolk to watch them with my daughter. Any doubts I had soon left when they came onto stage looking and sounding brilliant. What wonderful uplifting music produced with great professionalism and faultless precision. I have been completely entranced by the beautiful vocals. My only wish is that I was 30 years younger. Please go to see them if you get the chance, they are a rare commodity these days, a band who can play and make you feel happy. Went to sleep with a smile on my face.

Supporting Act were okay but not my type of music.

Of Monsters and Men were fantastic!! 10/10 performance and loved every minute of it.

Only improvement I would make would be have to support act earlier and have of monsters and men on earlier as they didn’t play for as long as I’d have liked only about 1hr 15mins they played for.

Also the transition from Black Honey to Of monsters and men shouldn’t have taken 30 minutes!! Should have taken 15 mins max! Too long.

Other than that brilliant show! Loved it, great venue, great band and all round great night!!

Rate the whole event 8/10!

Of Monsters and Men is one of my favorite bands and I went to their concert before. This time concert took place at Roseland theater and this is main problem. Compared to Schnitzer Hall there are several issues:
- place is too hot when there are a lot of people there
- sound is too loud and that makes music to become a noise
- scene is bit small for band like OMAM
Benefit is that you can be very close to artists.
There is no problem with the band - they played very well. Half of the songs were from upcoming album and half were the hits from the first one.
I enjoyed it.

This concert was really above all of my expectations! It was a really nice concert, the band consists of supertalented people and they put on a very nice show.

The venue was alright. We got into the building and through security very fast. There was a bit of confusion surrounding wardrobe, but it got sorted.

The bar was located very nicely in the back and it was a relaxed feeling standing in the bar area while listening to the concert.

Amazing, beautiful concert! They didn't talk much in between songs, but they played exactly what the audience wanted. The lights added a lot to the show and they interacted a fair bit with the audience by encouraging clapping, waving, etc. also I've never said this before, but I swear Brynjar and Arnar looked at me and Arnar smiled and nodded:D
It was a very good concert, I absolutely recommend everyone see them

At the show at Chastain Park on Friday. You know how when you go see a band perform, and they are just a big disappointment because they seem tired and sound nothing like their recorded music? Not Of Monsters and Men! They were fantastic! Their energy was great. Their sound really came through in spades..great harmony, great drums... the sound mix was perfect. My girlfriend and I had a fantastic time.