The two founding members of Old Monk were separated by thousands of miles when they began writing their first EP.  It took years of swapping answering machine recordings and exchanging lo-fi demos over the internet to complete.  The successful collaboration finally convinced drummer Ian Burns to leave his native Colorado, joining guitarist Joshua Carrafa in Brooklyn.  The two dubbed their project Old Monk, and began playing around Manhattan and Brooklyn's underground venues.  After learning that PINE*am's Tsugumi Takashi was living in New York, the two asked her to join Old Monk on bass duties.  Joshua, Ian and Tsugumi create frenzied noisy rock and roll, built on solid pop backbones and piercing hooks.  Old Monk is currently living in Brooklyn and working on their debut album. home