Coffeehouse soul? That’s our highlighted track “The Halo of The Strange” in a nutshell. Thank you, Bandcamp liner notes. Karate has become the kind of band where you always have to hit the ‘more’ button to reveal the full sermon on their musical virtues. And why not? The Boston-based band came to their sound through hardfought trials in a number of genres. Maybe it takes a little fuss to explain why they don’t sound like you remember them sounding. The important thing is that you like the way they sound now. Check them out as headliners on Day One at Nice, A Fest.

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