- rock, indie pop, indie folk, folk pop
- 49 min
- 11 tracks
- Republic Records
Beneath the Skin is the second studio album by Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men. It was released on 8 June 2015 in Iceland, and a day later in the rest of the world. The album artwork and design was created by artistic director Leif Podhajsky. It debuted at number three on US Billboard 200, and sold 61,000 copies in its first week, becoming the band's highest-charting album in the country.
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Character
Contemporary, spare, classical in form and grave.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Metacritic 63/100
- Billboard3.5/5 ★
- Consequence of SoundC
- Entertainment WeeklyB
- Q3.5/5 ★
- Sputnikmusic4/5
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Tracks
- A1Crystals4:02
- A2Human3:58
- A3Hunger4:50
- B1Wolves Without Teeth3:53
- B2Empire4:22
- B3Slow Life5:43
- C1Organs4:31
- C2Black Water4:13
- C3Thousand Eyes4:02
- D1I of the Storm4:36
- D2We Sink4:23
11 tracks, 49 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Of Monsters and Men
- Label
- Republic Records
- Released
- 2015
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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