A couple years into the new millennium and the emo scene that once had enough space for a band as brazen in their fusion of slowcore, jazz, and post-hardcore as Boston's Karate would barely be reflected in a cookie-cutter style commercialized by major lab
Townes Van Zandt wrote songs with an uncommon grace and poetic clarity, and he sang them with a voice that was at once straightforward, eloquent, and mindful of the arid beauty of his images
The first live LP from the legendary June of 44, dating back to their first "reunion" tour. Recorded live at a 2023 Tokyo date, the set covers their expanded catalog and hits all periods of the band's studio work.
Karate - In Place of Real Insight LP (indigo die dye vinyl). Reissue of the Boston trio's taut 1997 second album, where delicate, jazz-tinged passages collide with jagged post-hardcore bursts; includes 'New Martini'.
Portugal the Man's Woodstock on Rocktober clear vinyl; the 2017 LP featuring 'Feel It Still' and 'Live in the Moment', pressed as a crystal-clear Rocktober edition for warm, punchy playback.