Karate - Sever

People really should think twice before giving a name to their band. Recently, when I was digging for one of my favourite acts on YouTube, the only thing site returned were videos of young idiots, showing their skills at car control. It's because I looked for guys who called themselves 'The Drift', and when you have such name, your listeners are screwed, even when they type 'drift band' (there is a band with exactly that name as well), and 'drift music' (you like upbeat techno for drivers in BMW's, don't you?).

You can only imagine yourself how quest for Karate song ended. The last thing I found on 563107 page of YT suggestions was what I've been looking for: four-piece indie jazz collective from Boston, disbanded four years ago. Apart from semantic confusion, it really shows how fast past things are falling into obscurity. But yeah, the music was still there. To tell the truth, I knew about it because I found it before, thanks to Wikipedia, which mentioned Karate among notable post-rock bands. Without this - I'd never figure it out.

Watch out for twisted lyrics: I really like it's rythm. And do not miss guitar solo - delicious. Seriously, why projects like this are splitting up? Oh, OK, I found out that their leader, Geoff Farina, had some medical issues with hearing. I wonder if he ever heard about cause of Ludwig van Beethoven?

Karate - Sever





Artist: Karate
Album: Unsolved (2000)
Track: Sever
Track Number: 3
Track Length: 5:54
Labels: Southern Records (USA)