KARATE - Unsolved TAPE French Pop “Chirp Like a Bird” reads

“Chirp Like a Bird” reads as Deb’s bottom-looking-up retort to Whitehouse’s “Wriggle Like a Fucking Eel

All tracks mastered directly from original copies of the 7” vinyl and various cassettes by Josh Stevenson at Otic Sound

All previous recordings

the Black Twigs return to the VHF mothership to continue their charming and original take on Old Time and Appalachian-inspired string band sounds

ravishing listen

KARATE - Unsolved TAPE French Pop “Chirp Like a Bird” readsAs 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