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Karate

The Bed Is In The Ocean Tri-Colored Vinyl Edition

LP | 1998 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

$ 31.38*

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Release: 1998 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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A lingering guitar note. A cushion of a bassline nudging along a hushed cadence unspooling impressionistic poeticism one halting line at a time; the sparse snap of a snare providing punctuation. This is how Boston's Karate opened their third full-length, 1998's The Bed Is In The Ocean. Perhaps this was a reaction to the aggressive punk tones that marked their previous album, or maybe they hoped to capture the somnambulant dusk on one of those pristine fall days that make living in a town whose population swells when colleges welcome back students all worthwhile. Then again, Karate never made a point of chasing the same idea twice, and "There Are Ghosts" remains in line with the band's stylistic intrepidness and unpredictability. Even the group's lineup appeared constantly in flux. After expanding from a trio to a quartet and employing a dual-guitar attack with 1997's In Place of Real Insight, founding member Eamonn Vitt hung up his axe to attend medical school. Karate soldiered on as a trio, with mid-stream addition Jeff Goddard's bass work helping establish a sidewinding path forward through the smoky jazz melodicism and sun-beaten blues brushstrokes that hung in the background of the band's catalog. In their short time together, Karate helped bolster the national punk ecosystem, a scene in which individual artistic vision was prized but rarely achieved. Their exacting precision and emotive interplay helped recombine the DNA of the dignified grace of slowcore, the hot-and-sweaty atmospherics of the blues, and the high-wire tension of post-hardcore to deliver drawling instrumental curveballs and a furtive riptide climax with a controlled grace on "Outside Is The Drama." Singer-guitarist Geoff Farina frequently teased out the emotional nuances of each song, his worn-in voice shading in the complexities of his enigmatic lyrics; no matter how difficult it may be to parse his snatched-from-daily-life wisdoms, on The Bed Is In The Ocean Farina sounded like a guy who knew exactly the right thing to tell whoever may be listening. And with Karate's snaking turns through quasi-punk reveries no one else appeared capable of mustering, it's comforting to hear it accomplished by a band that knew exactly what they were doing.

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Make It Fit Bleach The Scene Clear Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Numero Group)

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Release: 2024 / US – Original

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Bleach The Scene Vinyl.The first new music from the postemotrio in two decades. Out of thebrain of Geoff Farina spills 10 newtales from their unlikely reunion,tracked with long-time Karatecollaborator Andy Hong. Make It Fitcrams 35 minutes of Wes Montgomeryhomage, Fugazi dub plate partyrocking, Lynott lyricism, and Clashcity crooning into a graceful seventhalbum.

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Some Boots Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2002 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

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Release: 2002 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Unsolved Y2k 25th Anniversary Colored Vinyl Edition

LP | 2025 | US | Original (Numero Group)

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Release: 2025 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Cherrie Coke Bottle Vinyl.As Warped Tour pop-punk and American Apparelindie rock dominated the strange post-Y2Kguitar-band milieu, Boston's Karate delivered anengrossing shot of rock that constantly shiftedbetween several shades of subterranean sounds.The quiet moments on Karate's millennium bustingfourth album carry much of that old, unbridledintensity, braided into subdued jazz melodies andslowcore restraint. This 25th anniversary editionof Unsolved replicates the original 2000 pressing'sside D, and includes the Death Kit 7" and splitwith Crown Hate Ruin. God forgive us.

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Some Boots Ice Or Ground Vinyl Edition

LP | 2002 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

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Release: 2002 / US – Reissue

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Unsolved Y2k 25th Anniversary Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2025 | US | Original (Numero Group)

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Release: 2025 / US – Original

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As Warped Tour pop-punk and American Apparelindie rock dominated the strange post-Y2Kguitar-band milieu, Boston's Karate delivered anengrossing shot of rock that constantly shiftedbetween several shades of subterranean sounds.The quiet moments on Karate's millennium bustingfourth album carry much of that old, unbridledintensity, braided into subdued jazz melodies andslowcore restraint. This 25th anniversary editionof Unsolved replicates the original 2000 pressing'sside D, and includes the Death Kit 7" and splitwith Crown Hate Ruin. God forgive us.

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Karate Wintergreen Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Numero Group)

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Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Underground rock festered and splintered as it spread through the U.S. in the mid-'90s, the alternative boom giving rise to microcosmic regional scenes singularly focused on feral powerviolence or screamo songs about breakfast. Boston's Karate emerged as a force that could grip a national youth movement whose disparate tastes still commingled in the inky pages of fanzines overflowing with florid prose and on concert calendars for volunteer-run DIY spaces, community centers, and bowling alleys. In this world, Karate's music was an enigma, one equally inviting to sneering punks and highfalutin indie-rock aficionados.Their 1996 self-titled debut, issued on Southern Records, set the standard. Lasooing together white-knuckle posthardcore tension, sharply focused slowcore serenity, and resplendent jazz complexity, Karate eschewed settling in any one definiable style. But they certainly used the language of punk to get their point across; occasionally, guitarist Geoff Farina abandons his warm, hushed cadences for a hoarse shout that made him sound ragged, intensifying an aggression that burst out with every snaggletoothed guitar riff or drum snap that went off like canonfire. Few followed their path_but who could keep up? Karate could make pensive moods blossom into feverish rollicking ("What Is Sleep?"), gracefully tip-toe around aggressive punk explosions without getting bent out of shape ("Bodies"), and stretch out slowcore's quietest reveries till their reflective notes sound ripped from an improvisational jazz session ("Caffeine or Me?"). Karate formally introduced the trio as a vital part of an independent U.S. punk scene stubbornly flowering in the face of the major labels' '90s harvest.

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Unsolved

Tape | 2000 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

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Release: 2000 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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As 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 with Unsolved, presented here with three previously unreleased songs.

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Time Expired Pines Green Vinyl Edition

5LP | 2022 | US | Original (Numero Group)

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Release: 2022 / US – Original

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At the turn of the century and after three albums, Karate's tenure within the insular east coast indie rock scene had expired, but the band was just getting started. Collected here is the band's spacious, adventurous, and sometimes difficult second half presented in fastidious detail. This five LP box includes the trio's Unsolved, Some Boots, and Pockets albums, a first time vinyl pressing of their Cancel/Sing EP, and recently unearthed rehearsal recordings of two unreleased tracks, all annotated by Geoff Farina's account of Karate's adulthood and Andy Hong's insights into the trio's recording process.

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Make It Fit

Tape | 2024 | US | Original (Numero Group)

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Release: 2024 / US – Original

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The first new music from the postemotrio in two decades. Out of thebrain of Geoff Farina spills 10 newtales from their unlikely reunion,tracked with long-time Karatecollaborator Andy Hong. Make It Fitcrams 35 minutes of Wes Montgomeryhomage, Fugazi dub plate partyrocking, Lynott lyricism, and Clashcity crooning into a graceful seventhalbum.

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Make It Fit Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Numero Group)

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Complete Studio Recordings

8CD | 2023 | US | Original (Numero Group)

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Release: 2023 / US – Original

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Crashing at the unlikely intersection of post-hardcore, slowcore, and jazz-rock, Karate spent a dozen years producing peerless recordings in their adopted hometown of Boston. Collected here are their six albums_S/T, In Place of Real Insight, The Bed Is In The Ocean, Unsolved, Some Boots, Pockets, plus the Cancel/Sing and In The Fish Tank EPs, singles, and split 7"s, a whopping 69 tracks spread across eight glorious compact discs. Leor Galil's careerspanning essay is illustrated with dozens of period-appropriate photos in the accompanying 80-page book.

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