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* InterspeciesRomance: Between a minotaur and a leviathan in the video for "Love, Love, Love". Based on the lyrics, it's likely one sided.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Hinted at in "Little Talks".
-->''Just let me go, we'll meet again soon''
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* CreatorThumbprint: Stormy seas and wild animals are their most common motifs.

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* AlbumTitleDrop: One for each of their albums so far:
** "Six Weeks":
---> ''She follows me '''into the woods'''\\
Takes me home...''
** "Dirty Paws":
--->''Jumping up and down the floor\\
'''My head is an animal'''...''
** "Human":
--->''Plants awoke and they slowly grow\\
'''Beneath the skin'''...''



* NonAppearingTitle: "Sloom," "Six Weeks," "Sinking Man," "Organs."[[note]]Although,in the last case, the names of several individual organs ''are'' mentioned.[[/note]] Partial cases with "From Finner," "Lakehouse" and "I of the Storm".

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* NonAppearingTitle: "Sloom," "Six Weeks," "Sinking Man," "Organs."[[note]]Although,in the last case, the names of several individual organs ''are'' mentioned.[[/note]] Man." Partial cases with "From Finner," "Lakehouse" and "Lakehouse," "I of the Storm".Storm," "Organs."



* TitleDrop: None of their albums so far have had a TitleTrack, instead having their title derived from a song lyric.
** "Six Weeks":
---> ''She follows me '''into the woods'''\\
Takes me home...''
** "Dirty Paws":
--->''Jumping up and down the floor\\
'''My head is an animal'''...''
** "Human":
--->''Plants awoke and they slowly grow\\
'''Beneath the skin'''...''
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* BoleroEffect: "Slow and Steady", "From Finner", "Your Bones", and possibly a subdued version in "Yellow Light". All of these songs have very repetitive endings that grow more and more intense over time.

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* BoleroEffect: "Slow and Steady", "From Finner", "Your Bones", and possibly a subdued version more traditional examples in in "Yellow Light".Light" and "Thousand Eyes". All of these songs have very repetitive endings that grow more and more intense over time.
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* AlbumTitleDrop: "Dirty Paws" for My Head is An Animal in the first verse.
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* AlbumTitleDrop: "Dirty Paws" for My Head is An Animal in the first verse.
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* BoleroEffect: "Slow and Steady", "From Finner", "Your Bones", and possibly a subdued version in "Yellow Light". All of these songs have very repetitive endings that grow more and more intense over time.
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* LandSeaSky: The creatures that menace the protagonists of the "Little Talks" video--first a giant two-headed bird (Sky), next a huge bison (Land) and finally a tentacled sea monster (Sea).
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* CutSong: "Numb Bears" and "Sinking Man" were cut from the re-release of ''My Head Is an Animal''. "Mountain Sound" and "Slow and Steady" were added in place of "Numb Bears", with most of the album maintaining the same order after that except for "Sloom", which got moved to its back half.

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* AudienceParticipationSong: "Little Talks", "From Finner", "Dirty Paws"... They sure like to shout "Hey!" a lot, don't they?

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* AudienceParticipationSong: "Little Talks", "From Finner", "Dirty Paws"... Paws", "Slow Life", "Black Water". They sure like to shout "Hey!" "hey" or "whoa" a lot, don't they?



* ConceptVideo: The videos for "Little Talks" and "King and Lionheart" are both done in a nordic art style, blend CGI and live action, and tell stories set in fantastic lands. The plots have little to do with the song lyrics.

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* ConceptVideo: The Most of their music videos for thus far have been highly experimental, and frequently [[LyricsVideoMismatch have little to do with the song lyrics]].
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"Little Talks" and "King and Lionheart" are both done in a nordic Nordic art style, blend CGI and live action, and tell stories set in fantastic lands. The plots have little to do with lands.
** "Crystals" is a [[MindScrew somewhat bizarre]] video featuring
the song lyrics.band members as workers in a crystalline forge, creating an ArtificialHuman.
** "Empire" is a black-and-white {{homage}} to ''Harold and Maude''.



* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The music videos for "Little Talks", "King and Lionheart", and "Empire".



* IntergenerationalFriendship: The two lead characters in the music video for "Empire".



* TitleDrop: Although neither of their albums so far have had a TitleTrack, each has had one of these within its lyrics.

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* TitleDrop: Although neither None of their albums so far have had a TitleTrack, each has had one of these within its lyrics.instead having their title derived from a song lyric.
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* LyricalDissonance: Very common.


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* SugarApocalypse: "Dirty Paws" tells a story of birds and bees going to war. It becomes surprisingly dark, while [[LyricalDissonance maintaining a cheery melody throughout.]]

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* NonAppearingTitle: "Sloom", "Six Weeks", "Lakehouse", "Sinking Man", "Organs". Partial cases with "From Finner" and "I of the Storm".

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* NonAppearingTitle: "Sloom", "Sloom," "Six Weeks", "Lakehouse", Weeks," "Sinking Man", "Organs". Man," "Organs."[[note]]Although,in the last case, the names of several individual organs ''are'' mentioned.[[/note]] Partial cases with "From Finner" Finner," "Lakehouse" and "I of the Storm".


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** "Six Weeks":
---> ''She follows me '''into the woods'''\\
Takes me home...''

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* BolivianArmyEnding: The music video for "King and Lionheart" ends with the two siblings still separated, and the elder sister running from her captors.



** The ending to King and Lionheart's music video.



* NonAppearingTitle: "Sloom", "Six Weeks", "Lakehouse", "Sinking Man", and technically "From Finner" (which does at least mention "Finner").
* PunBasedTitle: "I of the Storm"

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* NonAppearingTitle: "Sloom", "Six Weeks", "Lakehouse", "Sinking Man", and technically "Organs". Partial cases with "From Finner" (which does at least mention "Finner").
and "I of the Storm".
* PunBasedTitle: "I of the Storm"Storm".


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* SchizoTech: In the music video for "King and Lionheart", the airships and war machines don't seem too out of place in the fantasy setting, but the stone temple [[spoiler:that launches into the air like a spacecraft]] comes as a surprise.

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* TitleDrop: Although ''My Head is an Animal'' does have a TitleTrack, the opening track, "Dirty Paws" opens with this line:
--> ''Jumping up and down the floor''
--> '''''My head is an animal...'''''
* TitleTrack: "My Head is an Animal" from the eponymous album.

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* TitleDrop: Although ''My Head is an Animal'' does neither of their albums so far have had a TitleTrack, the opening track, each has had one of these within its lyrics.
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"Dirty Paws" opens with this line:
--> ''Jumping
Paws":
--->''Jumping
up and down the floor''
--> '''''My
floor\\
'''My
head is an animal...'''''
* TitleTrack: "My Head is an Animal" from
animal'''...''
** "Human":
--->''Plants awoke and they slowly grow\\
'''Beneath
the eponymous album.skin'''...''
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**The ending to King and Lionheart's music video.
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* PunBasedTitle: "I of the Storm"
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Albums:
* ''My Head Is an Animal'' (2011 in Iceland, 2012 elsewhere)
* ''Beneath the Skin'' (2015)
Other releases:
* ''Into the Woods'' (EP, 2011)
* ''Live from Vatnagarðar'' (Live album, 2013)
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Definitely not to be confused with Music/OfMiceAndMen.
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* AudienceParticipationSong: "Little Talks", "From Finner", "Dirty Paws"... They sure like to shout "Hey!" a lot, don't they?


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* ContemptibleCover: The original cover for ''My Head Is an Animal'' featured several men in their underwear. This was changed to a much tamer photo of a woman walking on the beach for the international release.
* CutSong: "Numb Bears" and "Sinking Man" were cut from the re-release of ''My Head Is an Animal''. "Mountain Sound" and "Slow and Steady" were added in place of "Numb Bears", with most of the album maintaining the same order after that except for "Sloom", which got moved to its back half.
* DownerEnding: "Yellow Light" and the hidden track "Sinking Man" seem to be about a person meeting their cold, watery demise.
* HiddenTrack: "Sinking Man" follows "Yellow Light" after a few minutes of silence on the original version of ''My Head Is an Animal''.


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* MickeyMousing: In the "Little Talks" video, every single "Hey!" is matched up to a significant action in the battle taking place.
* NonAppearingTitle: "Sloom", "Six Weeks", "Lakehouse", "Sinking Man", and technically "From Finner" (which does at least mention "Finner").


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* VocalTagTeam: Nanna and Raggi tend to trade lead vocals back and forth every other song, and sometimes during the same song.
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* TitleDrop: Although ''My Head is an Animal'' does have a TitleTrack, the opening track, "Dirty Paws" opens with this line:
--> ''Jumping up and down the floor''
--> '''''My head is an animal...'''''
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''Of Monsters and Men'' is an Icelandic (but English-language) folk-pop band, formed in 2010. The members are:

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''Of '''Of Monsters and Men'' Men''' is an Icelandic (but English-language) folk-pop band, formed in 2010. The members are:
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Of Monsters and Men is an Icelandic (but English-language) indie folk-pop band, formed in 2010. The members are:

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Of ''Of Monsters and Men Men'' is an Icelandic (but English-language) indie folk-pop band, formed in 2010. The members are:
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! The band and their music provide examples of:

* CallAndResponseSong: since the band has two lead singers there are quite a number of those (the most obvious example being "Little Talks").
* ConceptVideo: the videos for "Little Talks" and "King and Lionheart" are both done in a nordic art style, blend CGI and live action, and tell stories set in fantastic lands (the plots have little to do with the song lyrics).
* [[LadyAndKnight Lord And Knight]]: this is how the narrator of "King and Lionheart" identifies the dynamic between the two main characters (it's probably used in a metaphorical sense).
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: an all-male band fronted by a woman.
* SplashOfColor: in the music video for "Little Talks" everything is in black-and-white - except for the colorful girl (and, as the ending reveals, the creatures from her country).
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: according to WordofGod, "Little Talks" is about a young woman having a conversation with her dead husband.

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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: an An all-male band fronted by a woman.
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country.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: according to WordofGod, "Little Talks" is about a young woman having a conversation with her dead husband.




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* CallAndResponseSong: since the band has two lead singers there are quite a number of those (most obvious example being "Little Talks").

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* CallAndResponseSong: since the band has two lead singers there are quite a number of those (most (the most obvious example being "Little Talks").Talks").
* ConceptVideo: the videos for "Little Talks" and "King and Lionheart" are both done in a nordic art style, blend CGI and live action, and tell stories set in fantastic lands (the plots have little to do with the song lyrics).



* SplashOfColor: in the music video for "Little Talks" everything is in black-and-white - except for the colorful girl (and, as teh ending reveals, the creatures from her country).

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* SplashOfColor: in the music video for "Little Talks" everything is in black-and-white - except for the colorful girl (and, as teh the ending reveals, the creatures from her country).




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* TitleTrack: "My Head is an Animal" from the eponymous album.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: the band is very well-known in America, but has enjoyed only minor popularity in their native Europe.

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* Ragnar "Raggi" Þórhallsson - lead vocals, guitar

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* Ragnar "Raggi" Þórhallsson - lead vocals, guitar



* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: according to WordofGod, "Little Talks" is about a young woman having a conversation with her dead husband.

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* SplashOfColor: in the music video for "Little Talks" everything is in black-and-white - except for the colorful girl (and, as teh ending reveals, the creatures from her country).
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: according to WordofGod, "Little Talks" is about a young woman having a conversation with her dead husband.husband.

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lead singer/guitarist Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir,
* co-singer-guitarist Ragnar "Raggi" Þórhallsson,
* guitarist Brynjar Leifsson,
* drummer Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson
* bassist Kristján Páll Kristjánsson.

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lead singer/guitarist * Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir,
Hilmarsdóttir - lead vocals, lead guitar
* co-singer-guitarist Ragnar "Raggi" Þórhallsson,
Þórhallsson - lead vocals, guitar
* guitarist Brynjar Leifsson,
Leifsson - guitar
* drummer Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson
Hilmarsson - drums
* bassist Kristján Páll Kristjánsson.
Kristjánsson - bass



* CallAndResponseSong: quite a number of those, including "Little Talks".

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* CallAndResponseSong: since the band has two lead singers there are quite a number of those, including those (most obvious example being "Little Talks".Talks").


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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: an all-male band fronted by a woman.
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Of Monsters and Men is an Icelandic (but English-language) indie folk-pop band, formed in 2010. The members are:
lead singer/guitarist Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir,
* co-singer-guitarist Ragnar "Raggi" Þórhallsson,
* guitarist Brynjar Leifsson,
* drummer Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson
* bassist Kristján Páll Kristjánsson.

! The band and their music provide examples of:

* CallAndResponseSong: quite a number of those, including "Little Talks".
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: the band is very well-known in America, but has enjoyed only minor popularity in their native Europe.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: according to WordofGod, "Little Talks" is about a young woman having a conversation with her dead husband.

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