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Track: Dirty Paws
Artist: Of Monsters and Men
Album: My Head Is An Animal

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Name: Of Monsters and Men
Spotify Genres: folk pop, indie folk
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Of Monsters and Men is a six-piece indie folk/indie pop band from Iceland, formed in 2010. The members are co-singer/guitarist [a=Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir], co-singer/guitarist [a=Ragnar Þórhallsson], guitarist [a=Brynjar Leifsson], drummer [a=Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson], piano/accordion player [a=Árni Guðjónsson], bassist [a=Kristján Páll Kristjánsson], and trumpeter [a=Ragnhildur Gunnarsdóttir], who joined in the 2012 tour. The band won the Músíktilraunir in 2010, an annual battle of the bands competition in Iceland. In 2011, Of Monsters and Men released an EP entitled [Link]. The band's debut album [Link] (2011), peaked at No. 6 on the US Billboard 200 album chart and also reached European charts. Its lead single "Little Talks" was a commercial success, reaching the Top 20 in over five countries and No. 1 on US Alternative Songs.

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Release: Of Monsters And Men - Dirty Paws
Year: 2012
Genres: Rock
Styles: Folk Rock, Indie Rock

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LYRICS

Jumping up and down the floor
My head is an animal
And once there was an animal
It had a son that mowed the lawn
The son was an ok guy
They had a pet dragonfly
The dragonfly, it ran away
But it came back with a story to say

Her dirty paws and furry coat
She ran down the forest slope
The forest of talking trees
They used to sing about the birds and the bees
The bees had declared a war
The sky wasn't big enough for them all
The birds, they got help from below
From dirty paws and the creatures of snow

So for a while things were cold
They were scared down in their holes
The forest that once was green
Was colored black by those killing machines
But she and her furry friends
Took down the queen bee and her men
And that's how the story goes
The story of the beast with those four dirty paws