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watch a new 8-bit video from Old Monk ++ upcoming shows

by Bill Pearis

Old Monk

Local indie rockers Old Monk are busy finishing the follow-up to 2012’s Birds of Belize, a record that should be out in early 2014. Meanwhile, the band have a stopgap single out now on Eenie Meenie, the very catchy “Seymour.” We’ve got the premiere of its video in this post. Using 8-bit graphics it works in references to Pitfall!, plus a slew of classic films (Safety Last, Annie Hall, The Good, the Bad & the Ugly to name three) and was directed/animated by Josh Carrafa who you may know from his Music History Gifs website. You can check it out below.

Old Monk also have a few NYC shows coming up: June 8 at Knitting Factory with The Vansaders, The Marshmallows and The Brooklyn What (tix); then June 18 at Cameo; and June 28 at Ludlow St. club Leftfield. Those dates are listed, along with that video, below.

Old Monk – “Seymour”

Old Monk – 2013 dates
6/8 – Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory
6/18 – Brooklyn, NY @ Cameo Gallery
06/28 – New York, NY @ Leftfield