Of Monsters and Men announce first album in six years, All Is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade

“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,” the band explains.

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.

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.

In 2022, the band 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. They have been on a break, and pursuing other projects since then.