As Warped Tour pop-punk and American Apparel indie rock dominated the strange post-Y2Kguitar-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. This 25th anniversary edition of Unsolved replicates the original 2000 pressing’s side D, and includes the Death Kit 7” and split with Crown Hate Ruin. God forgive us.
LP 1
Side A
A1 Small Fires 06:17
A2 The Lived-But-Yet-Named 04:42
A3 Sever 05:54
Side B
B1 The Roots And The Ruins 03:02
B2 Number Six 05:09
B3 One Less Blues 05:49
B4 The Halo Of The Strange 03:28
LP 2
Side C
C1 The Angels Just Have To Show 06:09
C2 This Day Next Year 11:14
Side D
D1 Cherry Coke 04:58
D2 Death Kit 04:45
D3 Nerve 03:54
