Karate - In Place Of Real Insight DRL339.1

Karate - In Place Of Real Insight DRL339.1The Great Alternative Boom of the early '90s had begun to wither on corporate FM barely halfway through the decade, but the ever changing underground had almost entirely regenerated after two major label thrifting trips. In the ever in flux city of Boston, Karate positioned themselves as a crucial tendril in a sprawling nationwide community. They did so largely by refusing to stick to any single formula from the myriad of styles at their root

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a dimension of imagination

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which is arguably their most successful to date

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Marshall Allen's skronking sax

This voice was expressed in the lyrical and instrumental waves of 2019's As Flurries

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