Photograph by Matt Bass
Hai Karate was low funds cologne and aftershave from the ’70s, and the branding behind the dopey title assured males that in the event that they wore this putrid scent they’d should battle girls off. Which is every kind of loopy and offensive. It additionally smelled horrible. Karate Steve, however is a heavy/noisy/sludgy quartet from Boston, MA that positively doesn’t stink. We are able to’t communicate as to if or not they’re combating off girls, however the band’s quirky, progressive and sometimes melodic new full-length, Time Underneath Stress, 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 Stress is their third full-length and a high quality follow-up to 2022’s No Manner Out However By.
Time Underneath Stress was produced by Alex Allinson on the Bridge Sound & Stage and mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering. It will likely be accessible 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 report looks like a logical subsequent step for us. No Manner Out However By was written principally individually in the course of the pandemic, and Time Underneath Stress 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 short cuts and magnificence modifications. In the event you’re a fan of heavy music there’s one thing on right here for you.”
