” (1979) was originally released in few copies on the small imprint Sound Work Shop

distinctive mark onto each

songs brood and boil

" the second half of his extended cathexis on James (and the latter"s avowed castration complex - another story for another day

forty-five minutes of repetitive drone-like guitar riffs

KARATE - Unsolved TAPE Sweater/Hoodies ” (1979) was originally releasedAs Warped Tour pop punk and American Apparel indie rock dominated the strange post Y2K guitar band milieu, Boston's Karate delivered an engrossing shot of rock that constantly shifted between several shades of subterranean sounds. The quiet moments on Karate's millennium busting fourth album carry much of that old, unbridled intensity, braided into subdued jazz melodies and slowcore restraint. Karate's transition into rock maturity bore supple fruit