KARATE 'THE BED IS IN THE OCEAN' LP - SPLATTER BITTERBRANCHES Around the World in a

Around the World in a Day

It spins tales of passion and loss

Smells Like Teen Spirit*

Ring of Chain (Demo)

Tracks from the album have been synched in several notable films such as Vanilla Sky and The Life Aquatic and the album was placed number 2 on the Pitchfork albums of the year 2000

KARATE 'THE BED IS IN THE OCEAN' LP - SPLATTER BITTERBRANCHES Around the World in aLABEL: NUMERO VINYL RELEASE DATE: 3 04 2022 ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 1998 VARIANT: SPLATTER VINYL LP A lingering guitar note. A cushion of a bassline nudging along a hushed cadence unspooling impressionistic poeticism one halting line at a time; the sparse snap of a snare providing punctuation. This is how Boston's Karate opened their third full length, 1998's The Bed Is In The Ocean. Perhaps this was a reaction to the aggressive punk tones that marked