After winning the nationwide 2010 battle-of-the-bands competition Musiktilraunir in their native Iceland, six-piece chamber pop group Of Monsters and Men were hailed as "the new Arcade Fire" in Rolling Stone magazine. A bidding war ensued, and the group signed with Universal Music Group. In the beginning of 2012, a four-song EP titled Into the Woods was issued as a preview to their full-length debut, My Head Is an Animal, which was released in the States that spring. ~ Jason Lymangrover, Rovi