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- Summary: The first full-length studio release in 20 years from Boston post-hardcore band Karate was mixed by Andy Hong.
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- Record Label: Numero
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Rock, Sadcore, Slowcore
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Jan 14, 2025The record demands instant and numerous replays, not only recalling the best work of their first run, but offering something more accessible, more wonderful and wise than before. It’s a tremendous and compelling record, and one you need to hear immediately. A welcome, remarkable, and triumphant return.
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UncutOct 17, 2024A record that pivots around like the Minutemen; delivered with a verve that comes with a clarity of identity. [Dec 2024, p.36]
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MojoOct 17, 2024Karate consummately glide through those crisp changes, unleashing wafts of Thin Lizzy swing (Defendants), Hendrix-y picking (Liminal) and stuttering Costello new wave (Rattle The Pipes). Farina’s honey-voiced complaints (see Cannibals’ swingeing cancel-culture takedown) clinch a spicy comeback. [Nov 2024, p.86]
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Oct 17, 2024Karate exhibit more verve and fun here than on much of their previous output, and continue to push themselves into new forms regardless of how dissimilar to their earlier iterations those forms may be. That ethos on its own is commendable, and the best results of it on Make It Fit are proof that Karate's ever-evolving approach is working.
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The WireNov 6, 2024Songs are short with a pop-punk punchiness. “Defendants” could be a relationship song encoded in the to and fro language of a courtroom and features a breezy guitar solo, as do several tracks that follow. [Dec 2024, p.47]
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Oct 17, 2024The first half of the album is presented with the clean and stripped down grain of early Karate songs, but the feel is less their trademark over-caffeinated tension and more suburban dad that used to be in punk bands jamming to Thin Lizzy songs with his buddies in the car port. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it's not very remarkable either.
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Record CollectorNov 4, 2024Make It Fit is a worthy reunion record that extends Karate's legacy in all the right ways. [Dec 2024, p.107]