{"id":51078,"date":"2016-10-27T14:54:31","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T19:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=51078"},"modified":"2016-10-27T14:54:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T19:54:31","slug":"adult-karate-lxii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2016\/10\/27\/adult-karate-lxii\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult Karate: LXII"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"adult-karate-cd-cover\"Adult Karate\u2019s debut EP shows a lot of promise. It offers nothing revolutionary, but is a genuinely interesting and enjoyable listen. It\u2019s a cool mixture of carefully composed electronic sounds, including some scary vibes and sampling. Not nearly as powerful in that regard as, say, The Flaming Lips\u2019 The Terror, but enough to draw a comparison. The vocals are soft, smooth, and meaningful, but don\u2019t stop the beat from getting intense. Also of note, one track sounds a bit like a dark variation on something from the soundtrack to the computer game SimCity 4. That might not sound like a complement, but hey, that music won some awards and was pretty catchy.
\nIt might be worth mentioning that this is an EP, but it\u2019s still 42 minutes long, since most tracks are over 7 minutes. This doesn\u2019t have to be a big problem, though one could start to get tired of a given theme before the song is over. The most conventionally radio-compatible track is the last, \u201cSo Low (feat. Adaline).\u201d Fortunately, it is also the best. One could guess that on an EP like this, the one track that\u2019s shorter than the rest and has a featured vocalist is the one meant to appeal the widest audience. \u201cSo Low\u201d is a satisfying conclusion, leaving behind all the fear and leaving the listener with some optimism.
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\nRecommended If You Like: The Flaming Lips’ The Terror, K.C. Maloney
\nRecommended Tracks: 6 (So Low), 4 (Joyride), 1 (LXII), 5 (Murderer)
\nDo Not Play: None
\nWritten by Joe Underwood on 10\/13\/2016 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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