ʻO Monsters a me Men kekahi o nā pūʻulu indie folk kaulana loa ʻo Icelandic. Hana nā lālā o ka hui i nā hana koʻikoʻi ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania. ʻO ke mele kaulana loa o "Of Monsters and Man" ʻo ia ka haku mele Little Talks.
ʻO ka mōʻaukala o ka hana ʻana a me ka haku ʻana o ka hui Of Monsters and Man
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka hui ma 2010. Ma ke kumu o ka hui ʻo Nanna Brindis Hilmarsdottir. ʻO ke kaikamahine i "noho" maoli me ka mele e noʻonoʻo ana i ka hana ʻana i kāna papahana ponoʻī no ka manawa lōʻihi. Ma hope o kekahi manawa, hui pū nā poʻe like me ia.
Ua hoʻomaka ka poʻe mele ma ka hoʻokani ʻana ma nā wahi ʻahamele like ʻole a me nā hale pō ma ko lākou kūlanakauhale. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ua kapa ʻo Nanna i kāna keiki. I ka manawa like, hoʻomaka ka hui e "ʻino" i nā ʻahaʻaina mua a me nā hoʻokūkū mele.
Hiki ke kapa ʻia nā kāne he laki. ʻAʻole pono lākou e hele i nā pōʻai āpau o Gehena e loaʻa ai ka kaulana a me ka ʻike. I ka manawa i hana ai lākou i ka hoʻokūkū mele Músíktilraunir. Ua hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻia ka poʻe hou mai ka lehulehu. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole lākou makemake e ʻae i nā mea hana kiʻi e haʻalele i ke kahua.
I kekahi manawa ma hope mai, ua loaʻa iā Of Monsters and Men i kahi manawa kūʻokoʻa e hoʻokō ai i ka hoʻolauleʻa kaulana ʻo Iceland Airwaves. Ma ke ala, ma laila i hana ʻia ai ka hana no ka manawa mua, a ma hope i lilo i mea hōʻailona o nā kāne. Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i ke mele Little Talks.
Ua hiki i nā DJ o ka lekiō KEHR ke hoʻopaʻa leo pūnaewele o ka ʻāpana mele i hōʻike ʻia, a ʻaʻole liuliu ua hoʻololi ʻia. Ma hope o ka paʻi ʻana o ka haku mele ma ka Pūnaewele, ua ala ʻo Of Monsters and Men e like me nā hōkū maoli.
Akā, e kali ana ka nūhou nui i ka poʻe mele ma mua. Ua loaʻa i nā mea pena kiʻi kahi hāʻawi mai ka inoa hanohano Record Records. Ua kau inoa lākou i kahi ʻaelike me ka hui a i ka manawa like ua hoʻolaha lākou e hana ana lākou i kā lākou album mua.
I kēia manawa, alakaʻi ʻia ka hui e: Nanna Brindis Hilmarsdottir, Ragnar Thorhadlsson, Brynjar Leifsson, Arnar Rosenkranz Hilmarsson, Christian Pal Christianson, Ragnildur Gunnarsdottir, Steingrimur Carl Teague.
Ala hoʻomohala o nā Monsters a me nā kāne
Ua hoʻohana nā mea hoʻokani pila i ke ao a me ka pō i loko o ke keena hoʻopaʻa leo e hōʻoluʻolu i ka poʻe pā me kahi mea kūpono loa. I ka hopena, ua hōʻike lākou i ka LP He holoholona koʻu poʻo, i loaʻa nā māka kiʻekiʻe loa mai nā mea aloha mele. Ua hoʻohui ka diski i ka holomua o ka hui. Ua lilo nā kāne i kekahi o nā hui lanakila loa ma ko lākou ʻāina hānau.
No ke kākoʻo ʻana i kā lākou album mua, hele lākou i ka huakaʻi. Ma hope o kēlā, hāʻawi ʻo Universal Music Group i ka hui e hoʻokuʻu hou i ka hōʻiliʻili no nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe. Ua lilo kēia manaʻo i manaʻo maikaʻi loa.
I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻokani lākou ma ka Newport Folk Festival, a i kekahi manawa ma hope mai, lilo lākou i poʻe kono kono o Lollapalooza. Ua piʻi nui ka kaulana o ka hui.
Ma 2013 ua loaʻa iā lākou ka makana ʻo European Border Breakers Award. Ua noi aku nā poʻe mai ke ao holoʻokoʻa i nā kāne e hele mai iā lākou me kahi ʻahamele. Ua lohe nā mea pena kiʻi i ka noi a nā "fans" a hele i ka huakaʻi i kēlā makahiki.
Ua hauʻoli lākou i nā mea pā me ka hana maikaʻi loa. Ua ʻike ʻia nā mele hou a me nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni o ka hui indie folk me ke ʻano maʻamau. I loko o kēia manawa, hoʻopiha ʻia ka repertoire o ka hui me nā track Alligator, Mountain sound, King and lionheart, Dirty paws.
Ma ke ala, ʻaʻole i nalowale nā hana i hōʻike ʻia ma luna a hiki i kēia lā. He mea hoihoi nō hoʻi ke kani ʻana o ke mele hope loa i ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻO ke Ola Malu o Walter Mitty.
ʻO ka hana a ka hui he mea hoihoi i nā mea hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni he nui. Ua komo pū ka hui i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni o ka moʻolelo TV kiʻekiʻe ʻo Game of Thrones. Ua hana pū lākou i mea hoʻokani i ka hana ʻana o ka hui ʻo Izembaro "The Bloody Hand". Ma keʻano laulā, loaʻa i ka poʻe mele kekahi mea e haʻaheo ai.
No Monsters a me nā kāne: i kēia lā
Ua lilo ʻo 2019 i ka makahiki ikaika loa a me ka hanana no nā mea pena. ʻO ka mua, hele nui lākou. A ʻo ka lua, ua hoʻokuʻu lākou i kahi LP piha piha. Ua kapa ʻia ka moʻolelo ʻo Fever Dream.
I ka makahiki 2020, ua hoʻomaka ka Visitor hoʻokahi. Ua hoʻokuʻu pū nā kāne i kahi kiʻi wikiō mālamalama no ka hana. I kēia makahiki, ua koi ʻia nā mea pena e lohi i kā lākou hana ʻaha mele ma muli o ka maʻi maʻi coronavirus.
Akā, ʻoiai, ʻaʻole ia he hoʻokahi kūʻokoʻa wale nō: ua kuhi hewa nā mea pena e hiki i nā mea pā ke hauʻoli i ka album hou. I ʻApelila 2021, ua hoʻomaka ʻia kahi mele hou. E pili ana i ke mele Destroyer.