KARATE 'THE BED IS IN THE OCEAN' LP - SPLATTER BITTERBRANCHES

KARATE 'THE BED IS IN THE OCEAN' LP - SPLATTER BITTERBRANCHESLABEL: NUMERO VINYL RELEASE DATE: 3 04 2022 ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 1998 VARIANT: SPLATTER VINYL LP 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

Smells Like Teen Spirit*

Ring of Chain (Demo)

Around the World in a Day

designed the packaging for Into The Future

Bring the music

Clarence "Satch" Satchell

while the pensive lament of closer “A Perilous Journey” concludes The Eternal Fanfare with an aura of melancholic finality

" the set list strikes a perfect balance between the band’s hits and hidden gems from their early years

Tracks from the album have been synched in several notable films such as Vanilla Sky and The Life Aquatic and the album was placed number 2 on the Pitchfork albums of the year 2000

It spins tales of passion and loss

Children of the Sun

but there's also Paul Wall - he rides shotgun on "Foot Locker" - who broke through more than a decade after Jeru