{"id":24985,"date":"2017-04-07T17:15:53","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T21:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=24985"},"modified":"2017-05-28T09:10:41","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T13:10:41","slug":"monograms-shares-ok-promises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=24985","title":{"rendered":"Monograms shares &#8216;OK Promises&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24986\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/bf2d0928-8c78-4968-8e8f-6851e606bb1b.jpg?resize=550%2C382\" alt=\"Monograms\" width=\"550\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/bf2d0928-8c78-4968-8e8f-6851e606bb1b.jpg?w=550&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/bf2d0928-8c78-4968-8e8f-6851e606bb1b.jpg?resize=300%2C208&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/bf2d0928-8c78-4968-8e8f-6851e606bb1b.jpg?resize=392%2C272&amp;ssl=1 392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/bf2d0928-8c78-4968-8e8f-6851e606bb1b.jpg?resize=130%2C90&amp;ssl=1 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>Brooklyn band Monograms has two upcoming releases; a split 7&#8243; with Pink Mexico, due out today (April\u00a07), and a new EP, &#8216;Silencer,&#8217; due out April 21. Both feature new single <em>OK Promises<\/em>, which you can take a listen to via\u00a0Soundcloud\u00a0below.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F310892625&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=8a8887\"><\/iframe>\n<p>Monograms is the project of Brooklyn&#8217;s\u00a0Ian Jacobs, who has been releasing music under the moniker for the past couple of years. What started as a solo bedroom project has since grown into a four-piece live band, and they&#8217;ve been keeping busy\u00a0playing plenty of hometown shows, opening for artists like\u00a0G\u00d8GGS,\u00a0Sl\u00f8tface, Ezra Furman, and Juan Wauters.<\/p>\n<p>The band&#8217;s upcoming EP,\u00a0&#8216;Silencer,&#8217; features four tracks that were recorded during different sessions, with different lineups, over the past twelve months. As a\u00a0result, each track shows a slightly different side of Monograms, but they all feature fuzzed-out guitars, psych-tinged vocals, and plenty of catchy hooks.<\/p>\n<h5><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-24989 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/fafe57ae-591f-4b7e-9f3f-a010e6090be5.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"Monograms Silencer EP cover\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/fafe57ae-591f-4b7e-9f3f-a010e6090be5.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/fafe57ae-591f-4b7e-9f3f-a010e6090be5.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/fafe57ae-591f-4b7e-9f3f-a010e6090be5.jpg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/fafe57ae-591f-4b7e-9f3f-a010e6090be5.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>&#8216;Silencer&#8217; EP\u00a0track listing<\/h5>\n<p>1. Sharp Teeth<br \/>\n2. OK Promises<br \/>\n3. No Transmission<br \/>\n4. Trails (Boombox Anthem)<\/p>\n<p>Monograms will celebrate the release of their new EP at Brooklyn&#8217;s Alphaville on April 19 with Bambara, Black Hole Kids, and Fruit &amp; Flowers (more info\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/highvoltagepr.us8.list-manage2.com\/track\/click?u=8bbd1fce629615658f82df5cd&amp;id=b1cb434694&amp;e=b0da5a889f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Brooklyn band Monograms has two upcoming releases; a split 7&#8243; with Pink Mexico, due out today (April\u00a07), and a new EP, &#8216;Silencer,&#8217; due out April <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=24985\" title=\"Monograms shares &#8216;OK Promises&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[23,28,30],"tags":[438,6098,4204,6097,6096],"class_list":["post-24985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","tag-ep","tag-ian-jacobs","tag-monograms","tag-ok-promises","tag-silencer"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/bf2d0928-8c78-4968-8e8f-6851e606bb1b.jpg?fit=550%2C382&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-6uZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27477,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=27477","url_meta":{"origin":24985,"position":0},"title":"Monograms share new single &#8216;Sleep Cycle&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"December 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Monograms began as the solo\u00a0project of\u00a0Brooklyn's Ian Jacobs and has since grown into a four-piece band. 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