If you missed Numero's exhaustive set of Karate reissues, the label has collected all the cult Boston band's studio material on this bumper 69-track set.
Packaged with a lengthy essay from Leor Galil and a spread of photos, 'Complete Studio Recordings' is everything you need from a good box set. It includes Karate's six albums ('Karate', 'In Place of Real Insight', The Bed is in the Ocean', 'Unsolved', 'Some Boots', 'Pockets'), two EPs ('Cancel/Sing' and 'In the Fish Tank') and all their singles and split 7"s. And if you're into post-hardcore and avant-jazz, it's a treat - the band began by fusing emo, slowcore and punk on their self-titled debut, splitting the difference between Unwound, Slint and American Football. But by their sophomore they'd drifted from the template, sniffing at Chicago's jazzy post-rock scene and tangled prog.
On 'Unsolved' they ditched the hardcore flex almost entirely, countering Geoff Farina's half-spoken vocals with sparse rhythms and jazzy riffs, and they dotted in-and-out of ska and dub modes on 'Some Boots', broaching '70s an '80s soft rock on their last album 'Pockets'.
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If you missed Numero's exhaustive set of Karate reissues, the label has collected all the cult Boston band's studio material on this bumper 69-track set.
Packaged with a lengthy essay from Leor Galil and a spread of photos, 'Complete Studio Recordings' is everything you need from a good box set. It includes Karate's six albums ('Karate', 'In Place of Real Insight', The Bed is in the Ocean', 'Unsolved', 'Some Boots', 'Pockets'), two EPs ('Cancel/Sing' and 'In the Fish Tank') and all their singles and split 7"s. And if you're into post-hardcore and avant-jazz, it's a treat - the band began by fusing emo, slowcore and punk on their self-titled debut, splitting the difference between Unwound, Slint and American Football. But by their sophomore they'd drifted from the template, sniffing at Chicago's jazzy post-rock scene and tangled prog.
On 'Unsolved' they ditched the hardcore flex almost entirely, countering Geoff Farina's half-spoken vocals with sparse rhythms and jazzy riffs, and they dotted in-and-out of ska and dub modes on 'Some Boots', broaching '70s an '80s soft rock on their last album 'Pockets'.
If you missed Numero's exhaustive set of Karate reissues, the label has collected all the cult Boston band's studio material on this bumper 69-track set.
Packaged with a lengthy essay from Leor Galil and a spread of photos, 'Complete Studio Recordings' is everything you need from a good box set. It includes Karate's six albums ('Karate', 'In Place of Real Insight', The Bed is in the Ocean', 'Unsolved', 'Some Boots', 'Pockets'), two EPs ('Cancel/Sing' and 'In the Fish Tank') and all their singles and split 7"s. And if you're into post-hardcore and avant-jazz, it's a treat - the band began by fusing emo, slowcore and punk on their self-titled debut, splitting the difference between Unwound, Slint and American Football. But by their sophomore they'd drifted from the template, sniffing at Chicago's jazzy post-rock scene and tangled prog.
On 'Unsolved' they ditched the hardcore flex almost entirely, countering Geoff Farina's half-spoken vocals with sparse rhythms and jazzy riffs, and they dotted in-and-out of ska and dub modes on 'Some Boots', broaching '70s an '80s soft rock on their last album 'Pockets'.
If you missed Numero's exhaustive set of Karate reissues, the label has collected all the cult Boston band's studio material on this bumper 69-track set.
Packaged with a lengthy essay from Leor Galil and a spread of photos, 'Complete Studio Recordings' is everything you need from a good box set. It includes Karate's six albums ('Karate', 'In Place of Real Insight', The Bed is in the Ocean', 'Unsolved', 'Some Boots', 'Pockets'), two EPs ('Cancel/Sing' and 'In the Fish Tank') and all their singles and split 7"s. And if you're into post-hardcore and avant-jazz, it's a treat - the band began by fusing emo, slowcore and punk on their self-titled debut, splitting the difference between Unwound, Slint and American Football. But by their sophomore they'd drifted from the template, sniffing at Chicago's jazzy post-rock scene and tangled prog.
On 'Unsolved' they ditched the hardcore flex almost entirely, countering Geoff Farina's half-spoken vocals with sparse rhythms and jazzy riffs, and they dotted in-and-out of ska and dub modes on 'Some Boots', broaching '70s an '80s soft rock on their last album 'Pockets'.
8 CD Box set with 80 page booklet featuring Leor Galil’s career-spanning essay illustrated with dozens of period-appropriate photos.
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If you missed Numero's exhaustive set of Karate reissues, the label has collected all the cult Boston band's studio material on this bumper 69-track set.
Packaged with a lengthy essay from Leor Galil and a spread of photos, 'Complete Studio Recordings' is everything you need from a good box set. It includes Karate's six albums ('Karate', 'In Place of Real Insight', The Bed is in the Ocean', 'Unsolved', 'Some Boots', 'Pockets'), two EPs ('Cancel/Sing' and 'In the Fish Tank') and all their singles and split 7"s. And if you're into post-hardcore and avant-jazz, it's a treat - the band began by fusing emo, slowcore and punk on their self-titled debut, splitting the difference between Unwound, Slint and American Football. But by their sophomore they'd drifted from the template, sniffing at Chicago's jazzy post-rock scene and tangled prog.
On 'Unsolved' they ditched the hardcore flex almost entirely, countering Geoff Farina's half-spoken vocals with sparse rhythms and jazzy riffs, and they dotted in-and-out of ska and dub modes on 'Some Boots', broaching '70s an '80s soft rock on their last album 'Pockets'.