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Reedycja płyty z 2002 roku.

"(...) W dużym stopniu jest to kontynuacja stylistyki obranej na poprzednich płytach. Z pewnością to bardzo dobra wiadomość dla wielbicieli tej formacji. Znowu znajdziemy tu niesamowite basowe pochody i gitarowe akordy, niepowtarzalny głos lidera Geoffa Fariny, tworzący przejmujące melodie. Trzeba przyznać, że muzyka zespołu Karate posiada tyle emocjonelnaego zaangażowania, że może jej pozazdrościć niejedna hard-core'owa kapela emo, a z drugiej strony swobodny, jazzowy feeling, nadający bardzo oryginalny charakter utworom. (...)" (Krzysztof Prusisz, AntyPooP; tam całość recenzji

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The fifth album from the masters of understated beauty. More upbeat than Unsolved but maintaining the jazzier direction of previous releases.

Songs about familiar record shops in Boston and strange streets in Italy. Songs about alienation from friends and intimacy with the stranger on the sidewalk. Songs about transitions from small town to city, from city back to small town, from functional alcoholism to alcohol functionalism. Songs about bad attitudes that should have been left in the 80s and those from the past that we wish we could conjure now.

Some Boots represents the simple ideas that the band, their friends and their listeners deal with every day: simple ideas like siphoning every last bit of inspiration from records purchased a decade ago, balancing new responsibilities against youthful convictions and struggling to share ideas and opinions about the world in a country that is increasingly intolerant of dialogue.

Concurrently, "First Release" takes a snapshot of the Boston music scene a decade ago, using a lost-but-not-forgotten recording of a favorite band to represent an unyielding desire for youthful zeal. "Remain Relaxed" contrasts the paths taken by two old friends who have been apart for years. "Ice or Ground"? is a dialogue between two long-time.......
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