The Bed Is In The Ocean Karate SKU: 22.00 24.00 £22.00 - £24.00 £22.00 - £24.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Numero Group Released Date: 4th March 2022 Buying Format: 1LP 1LP Coloured Vinyl 1LP Coloured Vinyl Indies Only Buying Options Choose an option1LP1LP Coloured Vinyl1LP Coloured Vinyl Indies OnlyClear The Bed Is In The Ocean quantity Add to basket ReserveBack Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info 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 their previous album, or maybe they hoped to capture the somnambulant dusk on one of those pristine fall days that make living in a town whose population swells when colleges welcome back students all worthwhile. Then again, Karate never made a point of chasing the same idea twice, and “There Are Ghosts” remains in line with the band’s stylistic intrepidness and unpredictability. Even the group’s lineup appeared constantly in flux. After expanding from a trio to a quartet and employing a dual-guitar attack with 1997’s In Place of Real Insight, founding member Eamonn Vitt hung up his axe to attend medical school. Karate soldiered on as a trio, with mid-stream addition Jeff Goddard’s bass work helping establish a sidewinding path forward through the smoky jazz melodicism and sun-beaten blues brushstrokes that hung in the background of the band’s catalog. In their short time together, Karate helped bolster the national punk ecosystem, a scene in which individual artistic vision was prized but rarely achieved. Their exacting precision and emotive interplay helped recombine the DNA of the dignified grace of slowcore, the hot-and-sweaty atmospherics of the blues, and the high-wire tension of post-hardcore to deliver drawling instrumental curveballs and a furtive riptide climax with a controlled grace on “Outside Is The Drama.” Singer-guitarist Geoff Farina frequently teased out the emotional nuances of each song, his worn-in voice shading in the complexities of his enigmatic lyrics; no matter how difficult it may be to parse his snatched-from-daily-life wisdoms, on The Bed Is In The Ocean Farina sounded like a guy who knew exactly the right thing to tell whoever may be listening. And with Karate’s snaking turns through quasi-punk reveries no one else appeared capable of mustering, it’s comforting to hear it accomplished by a band that knew exactly what they were doing. Artist Karate Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Numero Group Buying Options 1LP , 1LP Coloured Vinyl , 1LP Coloured Vinyl Indies Only Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings There Are Ghosts The Same Stars Diazapam The Last Wars Bass Sounds Up Nights Fatal Strategies Outside Is The Drama Not To Call The Police Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Karate and more from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View Karate Some Boots Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Numero Group | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 26th January 2024 £22.00 - £23.00 Select options Karate Some Boots £22.00 - £23.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Numero Group Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 26th January 2024 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Karate Unsolved Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Numero Group | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 5th May 2023 £26.00 - £28.00 Select options Karate Unsolved 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