Comments on: Album Review: Of Monsters and Men

By: Dave S

Dave S — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 19:51:11 +0000

Shameless ripoff of Ed Sharpe. Total!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Wilber Gurgleburger

Wilber Gurgleburger — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:26:35 +0000

I hate any band that plagiarizes! This wannabe Edward Sharpe band now has my greatest disdain!

By: Sam I Am

Sam I Am — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:33:10 +0000

No “Virginia” not when that song is what puts you on the map. Most “casual” aka “mainstream” listeners know the bands by the song they are being judged for and it is a blatant rip off because I thought the song was actually by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros before I looked it up. When your sound is that identical it isn’t by accident. They heard home and ripped it off.

T. Walt I wish they did, or were at least in the majority; then music would be great instead of OK.

By: T.Walt

T.Walt — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 02:45:39 +0000

I’m just glad Josh and mojo don’t rule the world.

By: Virginia

Virginia — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:53:04 +0000

While I’m tempted to hand out Snickers bars to a few posters, may I suggest the following: instead of focusing on one song, listen to both albums side-by-side. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros have a primitive influence, drawing from Australian aboriginal instrumentation, while Of Monsters and Men draw from a Nordic folk tradition. Focusing on one song from each band seems rather limiting and unfair to any band.

By: mojo

mojo — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:25:24 +0000

Totally agree with you ‘josh’. This song is a TOTAL rip off of ‘Home’ in every way. The vocal shouts. the horns, the tune, the beat, the male/female back and forth. It’s such an incredibly blatant rip off, it takes your breath away! I mean, WTF??! But the ‘soul’ of ‘Home’ is missing from ‘Little Talks’, and that’s everything!There is something so euphoric and ‘down home’ about ‘Home’, I will never forget the first time I saw it performed, I could not get it out of my head – it reaches into you, stays with you. I was shocked when I heard ‘Little Talks’ for the first time recently on the radio here in New Zealand, shocked that this band could get away with such a blatant rip off. But what has really shocked me most of all is that so many reviews openly acknowledge its ‘similarity’ to ‘Home’ yet are quite happy to accept that…. as if it really doesn’t matter! Newsflash: yes, it DOES matter! Even if you think ‘Little Talks’ is better than ‘Home’ (it isn’t), it’s still a blatant rip off – and that does matter!! Shame on you Of Monsters and Men, shame shame shame on you!

By: josh

josh — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:18:22 +0000

this band is directly ripping off edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros, their song little talks not only sounds exactly like “Home” but also uses trumpets just like home and has the same backing vocal shouts that home does, what a rip. I heard 10 seconds of this song and I immediately said hey thats a rip off of home by edward sharpe. I dont understand music today. I cant understand why crap like this is a hit. especialy when the song that it ripped off is 100 times better than it and edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros is relatively unknown today, meanwhile this band is beng played on mainstream radio, probably making a bunch of money on unoriginal songs and a sound that is already dated. Mainstream music today is terrible and this is a good exampe of why. People who have a good ear and good taste in quality and original music will hear that this is garbage while the majority of the mainstream culture continues to get force fed this crap and think that its good and new and “original” when in fact its really a direct rip off. Also this band is ripping off arcade fire, and mumford and sons to an extent. Its funny because mumford and sons kinda sucks anyway and arcade fire’s sound is 10 years old already, why cant people come up with new and original music anymore?

By: jason brown

jason brown — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 19:08:14 +0000

of monsters and men is the best band ever!!!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:26:40 +0000

“romantic with a capital R”…great way to sum up the album. this band is just another great success to come out of Iceland right along side with jonsi/sigur ros. check out Manik Music’s review for another full album analysis of this new release. they ranked the album a B+!!!
http://www.manikmusic.net/reviews/of-monsters-and-men-your-head-is-an-animal/

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:53:10 +0000

Agree.

Just bought the cd this morning. The day of its American Release (april 3rd 2012). When I first heard it, the first thing that came to mind was “Home.” Edward Sharpe and Arcade Fire are great comparisons. With that being said, I believe this record does hold its own and has a touch of their home culture influences in the music. They are very true to their form and this Cd is a very good listen all the way through.

For me……
the reviews go like this……

If i can get through a entire record without turning it off, the artist(s) made a great record.

I would recommend this record to anyone that wants to feel uplifted by the beautiful sounds that OM&M created.