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Serial dabbler and all-around renaissance man Geoff Farina leads Karate on mostly post-rock-free trip through the worlds of emo, jazz, and 1970s pop/rock.
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Here's the last record from OG Karate, and it does nothing but add yet another awesome installment to their already glimmering album run. I've already yapped about how the singing is great and the jazzy chords are great but I'll admit probably my favorite part about this band is this feeling of cold pessimism that grips the atmosphere of most of their songs. It all really feels like raw unfulfillment, or disappointment. It makes for a brilliant post rock sound, and when they got ... read more
Favorite Tracks: Concrete, Tow Truck, Water, Alingual, Cacophony
Least Favorite Track: "The State I'm In" Aka "Goode Buy from Cobbs Creek Park"
Very interesting band, need to investigate more. Edit: The basically do the same thing every album. A little derivative in my opinion.
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