monostasis

Hi Bear, thanks for doing this AMA!

I was wondering if you talk a little about the creative process of writing for visuals. When you're working on a new show, what are the kind of things you think about before you get down to actually writing notes? Or do you write a whole load of sketches and then think about what works and what doesn't?

I'm writing a paper about Iceland and that issue in question 3 is something I've been trying to get my head around. So far my only conclusion is that most non-Icelanders have a really narrow focus of Icelandic music (Sigur Rós, Björk, múm and now Of Monsters and Men) but don't realise that it's a small fraction of Icelandic music that sounds like that. And they don't realise that most people live in or around Reykjavík, so life is still based in the city not nature.

I'd guess that the new album may introduce a whole bunch of people to Agent Fresco, so maybe these stereotypes can be broken down a bit.

Hi Óli, thanks for taking out time to do this AMA.

Something I've always wondered is: why did you choose that particular voice for the Variations of Static EP?

Also, was there any particular reason you brought Nico Muhly to do the orchestrations on For Now I Am Winter? If you were to work with an orchestra again, would you consider doing the arrangements yourself?