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Hai Karate was low price range cologne and aftershave from the ’70s, and the branding behind the dopey identify assured males that in the event that they wore this putrid scent they’d must battle ladies off. Which is all types of loopy and offensive. It additionally smelled horrible. Karate Steve, alternatively is a heavy/noisy/sludgy quartet from Boston, MA that undoubtedly doesn’t stink. We are able to’t converse as to if or not they’re combating off ladies, however the band’s quirky, progressive and sometimes melodic new full-length, Time Underneath Pressure, will surely attraction to all genders and orientations. The quartet—Ben Davis (guitar/vocals), Robb White (lead guitar/vocals), Earl Brown (bass), Zach LeWinter (drums)—was fashioned a decade in the past and Time Underneath Pressure is their third full-length and a high quality follow-up to 2022’s No Means Out However By means of.
Time Underneath Pressure was produced by Alex Allinson on the Bridge Sound & Stage and mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering. It is going to be obtainable digitally on October 24, with bodily variations to observe. Place your preorder right here.
Ben Davis had this to say about Karate Steve’s newest:
“This document appears like a logical subsequent step for us. No Means Out However By means of was written principally individually in the course of the pandemic, and Time Underneath Pressure was all of us in the identical room for the entire writing course of, leading to a extra groove oriented, cohesive sounding album with out shedding the fast cuts and elegance modifications. When you’re a fan of heavy music there’s one thing on right here for you.”
