(Prescription) The reunited Karate announce Make It Fit, their much-anticipated first studio album in 20 years. Coming October 18th on Numero Group, and featuring ten new tracks mixed by long time collaborator Andy Hong, they're also sharing two of those - the album's opener in "Defendants" and its closer in "Silence, Sound".
Formed in Boston in 1993 by Geoff Farina, Eamonn Vitt and Gavin McCarthy, Karate added Jeff Goddard on bass in 1995. The band released six studio albums, two EPs, numerous singles, and split 7"s between 1994 and 2005. From punk roots, the band ventured widely - veering into jazz-rock, post-rock and a unique version of slowcore in its progressive indie experimentation.
Vitt left for med school in 97 and Farina called the band quits in 2005 because of hearing issues. Something happened in the meantime. The band's albums on Southern Records went out of print. And the label's founder John Loder passed in 2005, complicating things. In 2020, a Chicago Reader article noticed Karate's albums were fetching rare vinyl prices online. Long-time fans the Numero Group stepped in and offered to help the band get its albums back - literally sending a van to the North of England to pick up Karate's master tapes.
Karate reunited in 2022 to support the re-release of its music on Numero Group. Time Expired, a 5-LP set, focused on the trio's later albums and EPs. The Complete Studio Recordings released in 2023, gathered all six studio albums, singles, and compilation tracks in a deluxe CD set.
While a box set might be a nice way to tie a bow on a band story and move on, the men in Karate discovered they had more to say.
Make It Fit is available to pre-order now on CD, cassette and limited edition blonde coloured LP, "Bleach The Scene" edition crystal clear LP and a standard black LP.
The band will tour in support of their new record, performing in Brazil and appearing at the Best Friends Forever Festival in Las Vegas alongside the likes of Sunny Day Real Estate, Bright Eyes and The Dismemberment Plan, before heading to the EU in December for shows in Iceland and Belgium and onto a full UK tour.
Audio Karate Release First New Song in Nearly 20 Years
Carrie Underwood Covers Karate Kid Classic For Cobra Kai
Share this article:
Dave Koz & Friends at Sea Cruise, Part 3: All Ashore! The Cruise Reaches Norway and Iceland
Caught In The Act: Cheap Trick Rocks Chicagoland On July 4th
Dave Koz & Friends at Sea Cruise, Part 2: Dave, Dave, Dave!
Sites and Sounds: Montana Folk Festival Coming to Butte (And It's Free!)
Dave Koz & Friends at Sea Cruise, Part 1: Sax Man and Pals Set Sail in Europe
ELO Cancel Their Historic Final Concert Due To Jeff Lynne Illness
Metallica Giving $100,000 To Texas Flood Relief
38 Special Releasing First New Album In 20 Years
Duane and Lisa Betts Announce 2025 Horseshoe Music Fest Lineup
Tyson Ritter of All-American Rejects Revisits 'Dirty Little Secret' For Vevo Footnotes
Joanne Shaw Taylor Unplugs For New Version Of 'Hold Of My Heart'
Goo Goo Dolls Get Nostalgic With 'Nothing Last Forever' Video
Attack Attack! Unleash 'I Complain On R/Metalcore'