My Head Is An Animal

Of Monsters And Men

My Head Is An Animal

Full UK release for the debut album from the Icelandic chamber pop, indie folk six-piece

ADM rating[?]

7.0

Label
Island
UK Release date
27/08/2012
  1. 8.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    This is a resounding success of an album – equal parts delicate emotion and unabashed fun
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  2. 8.1 |   Beats Per Minute

    A highly impressive debut that’s full of emotional lyrics, lush, diverse instrumentation, and a powerful and dynamic male/female vocals
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  3. 8.0 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    A strong-willed, beautifully composed piece of modern day indie-folk
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  4. 8.0 |   State

    Truly a record full of expressive lyrics, diverse instrumentation and gifted composition
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  5. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    They turn campfire singalongs into skyscraping anthems
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  6. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    A highly promising beginning
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  7. 8.0 |   Entertainment.ie

    Sincere, well crafted and beautifully rendered pop music
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  8. 7.5 |   Paste Magazine

    A 12-track sonic and lyrical tour of the frigid island country
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  9. 7.0 |   All Music

    Thoughtfully crafted and full of melancholic lyricism and quietly desperate romanticism, My Head Is an Animal should appeal to any fan -- whether man or monster -- of sweet and wide-eyed folk-rock
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  10. 7.0 |   BBC

    There isn’t a bad pop song here, and the balance between whimsy, sensitivity and boisterous fun is expertly weighted
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  11. 7.0 |   DIY

    One of the finest debuts of the year so far - one that more than maintains Iceland’s musical heritage
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  12. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    What keeps you locked into the occasionally twee and often hippie grandstanding is the band’s sinewy songwriting and arranging skills
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  13. 6.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Full of familiar indie-pop gestures: wintry, finger-picked guitars; lyrics full of woodsy imagery; tunes that swell into campfire-style singalongs
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  14. 5.0 |   Uncut

    They're closer in spirit to the plague of emoters loosed upon the world by the success of Mumford & Sons. Print edition only

  15. 4.0 |   The Observer

    For all the wide-eyed charm of its finest songs – recent single Dirty Paws is electrifying – the sextet's debut album is too empty to excite
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