we can now see these tracks as secret blueprints to latter-day Fahey provocations

distinctive mark onto each

released in early 1994

When one writer rhetorically asked: “How was Garson’s music so ubiquitous while the man remained so under the radar

one fifth of rock and roll fever dream Darlene Shrugg

KARATE - Unsolved TAPE Sweater/Hoodies we can now see theseAs 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