At The Anthem in Washington D.C., Of Monsters and Men returned after nearly six years. Back then, the band was promoting their at-the-time most recent album Fever Dream. Fast forward to 2025 and it’s time to showcase All Is Love And Pain In The Mouse Parade.
The showcase of that new album was strong, with half the setlist dedicated to The Mouse Parade. It was a significantly large crowd packed in where the singer pointed out how difficult it can be to perform in front of over 3,000 people. From where I was standing, everyone seemed happy just to have the group back in the nation’s capital and loved hearing the Icelandic group again.
The last time I saw Of Monsters and Men live was in 2015 at their first performance in Florida, being at The Big Ticket festival in Jacksonville. At the time, it was December in Florida (still too warm) singing and dancing to two albums worth of selected songs. Fast forward almost 10 years later and it’s four albums and an EP worth of tracks to choose from.
Hearing songs like “Dirty Paws” and “Empire” took me back 10-14 years. This is the type of music that continues through time and stages of life and this band keeps adding music to that growing list. This is a group I’ve grown up with and I’m glad I’m still hearing everything live as time goes on.
Scroll below to hear songs from the new album All Is Love And Pain In The Mouse Parade. You can also find a link to the album on Tidal here.
11/3/25 Setlist:
Television Love
Dream Team
Tuna in a Can
Alligator
Human
The Actor
The Block
Mouse Parade
Dirty Paws
Empire
Crystals
Styrofoam Cathedral
Little Talks
Ordinary Creature
Visitor
Love Love Love
Fruit Bat
