Of Monsters And Men Announce Brand-New Studio Album
Today, Icelandic indie-folk icons Of Monsters and Men return with their new self-produced single, “Ordinary Creature.” Written on a summer night in Iceland and recorded in their studio there, the track was shaped by playfulness, intuition, and a shared sense of renewal. It carries that signature bittersweet joy Of Monsters and Men do best: a delicate dance of lightness and quiet longing, perfectly capturing that sweet spot between who we are and who we’re becoming.
About the song, the band shares: “Ordinary Creature is about the feeling of yearning for that someone that brings you comfort. It’s about when you start feeling better after a period of not feeling so great. That moment when you start coming back to yourself again and remembering what it’s like to be an ordinary creature.”
Directed by Erlendur Sveinsson, the accompanying music video captures the band during a summer night and early morning in Iceland, as they ride through the quiet streets of the tiny coastal town of Selvogur. You can watch the music video in this article.
Alongside the new track, the band have also announced All Is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade, their first full-length album in six years, set for release on Friday 17th October 2025. This deeply introspective and richly textured record explores the paradox at the heart of the human experience, the inseparable dance of joy and sorrow, love and pain. Drawing inspiration from the band’s personal lives, family, community, and the generations that came before them, co- singer and lyricist Nanna Hilmarsdóttir describes their collective history as part of the “Mouse Parade,” a shared narrative that shapes the album’s emotional landscape. Pre-order HERE.
Of Monsters and Men (OMAM) went from Reykjavík to the global stage with their breakout 2011 debut My Head Is An Animal, which propelled them from Icelandic indie darlings to international chart-toppers. The album’s breakout single “Little Talks,” a defining song for a generation, now boasts over 1 billion Spotify streams, and by 2013, they were making their U.S. TV debut on Saturday Night Live.
Amid their meteoric rise, the band released their second album Beneath The Skin in 2015, which debuted in the Top 3 of the Billboard 200 and was accompanied by a surprise cameo on Game of Thrones. Their cinematic sound has popped up everywhere from The Hunger Games to The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, while their festival appearances, Coachella, Glastonbury, Lollapalooza, and more, have only confirmed what fans already knew: this is a band best experienced live and in the wild.
They followed with Fever Dream (2019), and in 2022 released the documentary tíu, recorded during the pandemic. It premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and won Best Short at Dumbo, showcasing their roots and returning to places that held meaning when the band first began. The accompanying EP tíu (2022) featured unreleased songs from a decade of making music together.
The band has been on a break from OMAM-related projects since 2022, with members pursuing various solo and side projects. They now return, reunited, with their new album All Is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade.
Feature Image Photo Credit: Eva Schram
Of Monsters and Men new single, “Ordinary Creature.” is out now.
Their new album ‘All Is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade’ is released on Friday 17th October 2025.
Pre-order HERE.
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