The album was recorded and mixed entirely in analog formats by Greg Weeks (member of the Espers) at his Hexham Head studios in North Philadelphia. 7 Lucky Plays, or how to fix songs for a broken heart is being released on Language Of Stone, a subsidiary label of Drag City Records. 7 Lucky Plays, or how to fix songs for a broken heart is based on Monosov’s poems and stories written between 1996-2007. The record features his hushed vocals and restrained acoustic guitar arrangements complemented by the cello playing of Margaret Weink (Fern Knight), mandolin and harp of Jesse Sparhawk (Fern Knight), and electric guitar of Greg Weeks.

Monosov’s early exposure to Russian dissident culture greatly affected his life and art. He was deeply influenced by his parents' passion for literature, art, poetry, and the music of Alexander Galich and Vladimir Vysotsky. Monosov heard Galich's composition "When I will Return" when he was a child. Its austere, minimal, and frank delivery was something he has strived to accomplish on this record. Though trained in classical piano as a child, Monosov considers his music career to have started when he was 14. After finding a bass guitar in a trashcan he began to make noise collages and experiment with rock forms. In the years since, his two main artistic interests, sound exploration (in the form of composition, performance, and installations) and writing poetry, stories, and songs, were separated as can be seen in the considerable body of recordings he has released to date.