Monobloc

NYC's Monobloc might just have it all, already. And anything else is surely within their reach.

Today they share their debut single proper in "Where Is My Garden" paired to a monochrome video self-directed by the band. Replete with wiry, insistent guitar work and an anthemic, rousing chorus, the song marks the arrival of a new band with a significant future.

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.

Michael had the following to say about their new single:

"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."

And Tim on its themes:

"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.”

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. 

With a thriving live reputation across the US, Monobloc make their UK festival debut this August at London's All Points East in support of LCD Soundsystem, with a warm-up show planned a couple of days before at the capital's Sebright Arms. They'll also make a first trip to the EU to perform at Rock En Seine and Kalorama Festival later that month.

Later in the year, they fly to Reykjavik for Iceland Airwaves and then onto Mexico for Corona Capital.