KARATE 'THE BED IS IN THE OCEAN' LP - SPLATTER BITTERBRANCHES Clarence "Satch" Satchell

Clarence "Satch" Satchell

Smells Like Teen Spirit*

Children of the Sun

Bring the music

while the pensive lament of closer “A Perilous Journey” concludes The Eternal Fanfare with an aura of melancholic finality

KARATE 'THE BED IS IN THE OCEAN' LP - SPLATTER BITTERBRANCHES Clarence "Satch" SatchellLABEL: 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