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Of Monsters And Men at Roadrunner
October 29 @ 8:00 pm
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All Is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade”…
That may sound a little strange, but the title and beating heart of Icelandic indie-folk collective Of Monsters and Men’s fourth album hits a lot closer to home than you’d expect.
A tapestry of stories, moments, and conversations, the album explores how love and pain intertwine. Feelings that might seem at odds with each other, but co-exist simultaneously and need one another. Tales both big and small — from the loneliness and longing of living in a block surrounded by strangers, to missed connections in a grocery store, to the lives and losses of a community of mice in a vacant house during winter. Co-singers and lyricists Nanna Hilmarsdóttir and Ragnar Þórhallsson often found themselves telling stories from two different points of view. The album deals with “the duality of things — where there’s love, there’s bound to be pain. You really can’t have one without the other,” explains Nanna. “It’s inspired by our lives, our family, our community, and the generations that came before us. Our lives, along with theirs, make up the Mouse Parade.”
“In some ways it’s an album about growing up, but in other ways it’s also about returning home by making peace with the past,” Ragnar adds.