As 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 with 'Unsolved', presented here with three previously unreleased songs.
Track Listing:
1. Small Fires - Karate (6.17)
2. The Lived-but-yet-named - Karate (4.42)
3. Sever - Karate (5.54)
4. The Roots and the Ruins - Karate (3.02)
5. Number Six - Karate (5.09)
6. One Less Blues - Karate (5.49)
7. The Halo of the Strange - Karate (3.28)
8. The Angels Just Have to Show - Karate (6.09)
9. This Day Next Year - Karate (11.14)
10. Get Reborn (Rehearsal) - Karate
11. Old Codes (Rehearsal) - Karate
12. The Angels Just Have to Show (Rehearsal) - Karate
Year of Production: 2000
