- 2025-08-08
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MUSIC
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Of Monsters and Men Announces New Album “All is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade”, Shares New Song “Ordinary Creature”
Icelandic indie folk-rock band Of Monsters and Men, consisting of Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir (vocals/guitar), Ragnar Þórhallsson (vocals/guitars), Brynjar Leifsson (lead guitar), Kristján Páll Kristjánsson (bass) and Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson (drums), has announced their upcoming fourth studio album “All is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade” will be released on October 17, 2025.
The album is their first full-length record in six years since the 2019 album “Fever Dream”.
From the album, the band unveiled a new song “Ordinary Creature” on August 7, 2025.
The song is the second single off of the album, following “Television Love” released last month.
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 was written by Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson, Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar Þórhallsson. Produced by Of Monsters and Men.
The accompanying music video was directed by Erlendur Sveinsson and filmed in Iceland.- The band said of the song, “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.”
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The new album comprises 13 tracks, produced by Of Monsters and Men.
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.
Photo by Eva Schram - source : Apple Music
