NYC indie/post punk band Monobloc have unleashed their new single “Where Is My Garden“, and its accompanying video.
Replete with wiry, insistent guitar work and an anthemic, rousing chorus, the song marks the arrival of a new band with a significant future. Grab it here.
Soaring out of the underground of New York City’s booming DIY scene, Monobloc, helmed by vocalist Timothy Waldron and Michael Silverglade on bass, is an exciting new project formed by two friends with a shared ear for merging pop sensibilities, with a distinctly metropolis post-punk attitude.
Discussing the themes of the track, Timothy says: “Attached to the main riff of the song was this chorus I really wanted to use but could never find a place where it made sense. “Where is my garden, where are my friends? Will it always feel like the end?” It was a great wide theme – a bit Springsteen and better yet, the closest I could legally get to saying “Where are your friends tonight?”.
On composing the song, Michael says: “I wrote the guitar riff years ago, long before Monobloc was even a thing. We’ve never had more iterations of a single song idea, it just never came together. Yet, I persevered, and after we wrote the first couple of Monobloc tracks, we dug up the old demo.”
Completed by Zack Pockrose on drums, and guitarists Ben Scofield and Nina Lüders, Monobloc’s strengths lie in their innate gift of storytelling; pairing texturally rich, visceral and emotional detail, with a minimalist instrumentation that sits as confidently alongside some of NYCs artistic greats, as it does in its own lane entirely.
Watch the self-directed video below.
Catch the band live on the following dates:
AUGUST
2 – Pete’s Candy Store – Brooklyn NY
21 – Sebright Arms – London, UK (debut UK performance)
23 – All Points East Festival – London, UK (w/ LCD Soundsystem)
25 – Rock En Seine Festival – Paris, FR (debut EU performance)
29 – Kalorama Festival – Lisbon, PT
31 – Kalorama Festival – Madrid, ES
NOVEMBER
8 – Iceland Airwaves – Reykjavík, IS
17 – Corona Capital Festival – Mexico City, MX
Photo Credit: Julia Tarantino
