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Beneath the Skin (Of Monsters and Men album)

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Recorded
  
2014-2015

Artist
  
Of Monsters and Men

Label
  
Republic Records

Length
  
48:33

Release date
  
5 June 2015

Genres
  
Indie folk, Indie pop

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Released
  
8 June 2015 (2015-06-08) (Icelandic release) 9 June 2015 (2015-06-09) (International release)

Producer
  
Of Monsters and Men, Rich Costey

Nominations
  
Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

Similar
  
Indie folk albums, Other albums

Of monsters and men crystals official lyric video


Beneath The Skin is the second studio album by Icelandic indie folk band Of Monsters and Men released on 8 June 2015 in Iceland, and a day later in the rest of the world. The album artwork and design has been created by artistic director Leif Podhajsky. It debuted at number three on US Billboard 200, selling 61,000 copies in its first week, became the band's highest-charting album. The album was released to generally positive reviews.

Contents

The album title is derived from a lyric in the song "Human": Plants awoke and they slowly grow beneath the skin.

The album had a nomination for the 58th Grammys for Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package.

Of monsters and men crystals


Commercial performance

On the chart dated 27 June 2015, Beneath The Skin debuted at number 3 on the US Billboard 200 chart with 61,000 copies in the first week of its release (including 57,000 pure albums sales), became the highest-charting album of the band. Also, its sales in the first week made it the best sales week of the band.

The album also made it entry at number 10 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 8,437 copies. It dropped to number 40 with 2,749 units in the second week on chart.

Track listing

All songs are credited to Of Monsters and Men, but were actually written by the band's individuals and/or others. The actual writers are listed alongside the tracks.

Singles

Crystals, I of the Storm, Empire, and Hunger and Wolves Without Teeth were released as the album's singles.

Music & Lyric videos

There are currently three music videos, each for "Crystals," "Empire," and "Wolves without Teeth."
In addition, There are currently eleven lyric videos:

  • "Crystals" lyric video features actor Siggi Sigurjóns lip-syncing the song's lyrics.
  • "I of the Storm" lyric video features actor Atli Freyr Demantur lip-syncing the song's lyrics.
  • "Empire" lyric video features actress Guðrún Bjarnadóttir lip-syncing the song's lyrics.
  • "Hunger" lyric video features actress Natalie G. Gunnarsdóttir lip-syncing the song's lyrics.
  • "Human" lyric video features actor Björn Stefánsson lip-syncing the song's lyrics.
  • "Organs" lyric video features one of the band's lead vocalists Nanna lip-syncing the song's lyrics.
  • "Thousand Eyes" lyric video features actor Ingvar E. Sigurðsson lip-syncing the song's lyrics.
  • "Wolves Without Teeth" lyric video features actresses Erna Jónasdóttir and Hrefna Jónasdóttir lip-syncing the song's lyrics.
  • "Black Water" lyric video features actress Guðrún Gísladóttir lip-syncing the song's lyrics.
  • "Winter Sound" lyric video features actor Ólafur Darri Ólafsson lip-syncing the song's lyrics.
  • "Slow Life" lyric video features actor Tómas Lemarquis lip-syncing the song's lyrics.

    • All the videos start with their title cards.

    The music videos:

  • "Crystals" features the band dressed as construction workers in a warehouse, creating a girlish creature with crystal eyes out of her shame.
  • "Empire" is filmed in black and white and features a young woman who has a very close relationship with another woman. The two of them hang out and it is implied that the young woman looks up to the other woman as a mentor figure in life. Time passes and it is revealed that it was just flashbacks as the young woman - now old - reflects on her life and wonders if she has really changed.
  • "Wolves Without Teeth" features a man and a woman performing cha-cha dancing for judges in a gym.

    • Songs

    1Crystals4:02
    2Human3:58
    3Hunger4:50

    References

    Beneath the Skin (Of Monsters and Men album) Wikipedia
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