595, by Karate

595

by Karate

supported by

Batt Belfry Wish I had a chance to see them live, but this is the next best thing. Great live sound and a high quality recording. Favorite track: Sever.

more...

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$7 USD

1.	The Roots And The Ruins 03:03	buy track
2.	Airport 04:37	buy track
3.	In Hundreds 09:34	buy track
4.	Original Spies 06:45	buy track
5.	Number 6 05:22	buy track
6.	There Are Ghosts 03:56	buy track
7.	Sever 06:20	buy track
8.	Caffeine Or Me 10:10	buy track

about

Karate came out of a scene that prioritized communing with diehard punks through primal performances in derelict spaces. Recordings from the roustabouts of this era were often churned out with a sound quality directly proportional to their creators’ bare incomes and infrequently made in studios. A unit as fine-tuned as Karate sounded in all the subtle ways they parlayed jazz into emo into something indicative of complicated indie rock throughout their studio missives just had to be unstoppable in the flesh. Their posthumously-issued 2007 live recording, 595, confirms what every Karate fan who never saw the band knew in their gut had to be true: they could crush it live. Captured at Stuk Arts Center in the Belgian city of Leuven back in 2003, Karate’s five-hundred ninety-fifth performance stands as the trio’s favorite live recording, and for good reason. It vividly captures the smoldering spirit of their studio work, all the while Karate sound ready to tear off in an unanticipated new direction at any given moment. The group’s catalog exists as a conversation throughout 595, from the tense reimaginings of the most recent material (off 2002’s Some Boots) to the near entropic end of their oldest song in the set, "Caffeine or Me?,” extended here to nearly twice its original length—though it feels like Karate could’ve kept things going for far longer.

credits

released November 19, 2021

license

about

Karate Boston, Massachusetts

shows

Aug 18

Cine Joia

São Paulo, Brazil
Dec 16

The Fleece

Bristol, UK
Dec 17

Rescue Rooms

Nottingham, UK
Dec 18

King Tuts Wah Wah Hut

Glasgow, UK
Dec 19

Brudenell Social Club

Leeds, UK
Dec 20

The Garage

London, UK

contact / help

Contact Karate

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Karate, you may also like:

Inlet
by Hum

supported by 17 fans who also own “595”

Sludge, Shoegaze, Atmospheric, Heavy Metal, Alt-metal, you name it. This album has it all, and it is perfect. It came out during a rough time period of my life and others lives too. It's been the soundtrack for all of my pain. Thank you Hum tawper
go to album
Promises
by Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra

supported by 16 fans who also own “595”

hypnotic and incredibly moving marsplutomusic
go to album
G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END!
by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

supported by 15 fans who also own “595”

haha, they said pee *ascends the staircase of holy light* Jay
go to album
Silhouette Machine
by Flooding

Kansas City trio Flooding draw out the more mystical qualities of slowcore and noise rock for a heavy sound that's less stony than doom. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 26, 2023
go to album
Print Selections
by bondo

From L.A. comes the latest from post-rock outfit bondo, with tendrils of spindly guitar snaking through arid percussion. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 4, 2023
go to album
Two Songs
by Poorly Drawn House

As exciting as experimental rock gets, Poorly Drawn House's controlled minimalist chaos is like caffeinated slowcore. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 17, 2024
go to album
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
by Big Thief

supported by 15 fans who also own “595”

Choosing a favorite track for this one is honestly impossible. 9.5/10 angrypizza98
go to album