Karate - The Bed Is In The Ocean [Vinyl] France cassette tape

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Karate emboldened the quiet moments of In Place of Real Insight with the same forcefulness of its archly punk cuts

Whether you’re simply sightseeing

unshakeable energy

Karate - The Bed Is In The Ocean [Vinyl] France cassette tapeA 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 Bostons Karate opened their third full length, 1998s 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