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Rating: Absolutely the most thoughtful, warmest, and most reflective album produced by the fantastic American trio that had already gifted us with little gems in their previous records.
The new millennium for Karate thus opens with "Unsolved", an authentic jewel, jazz in every respect. The warmth of the Stratocaster strings seeps into your bones from the first track, "Small Fires": the subtle phrasing seems to invite a reverent silence, to catch every little nuance of those hinted melodies. The long, sustained bass supports the rest. Attention is disrupted by tracks like "Sever" and "The Roots And The Ruins", the latter having a delicately reggae feel that doesn't clash at all amidst all this "seriously" committed jazz.
An album to listen to with headphones: the only way not to miss the faintest moan of the guitar, a slight emphasis of the snare's wire hidden beneath everything else, a whisper of Geoff's "hoarse" voice. Do me a favor, listen to it only if you are not in a hurry.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
04 The Roots and the Ruins (03:02)
They estimate
The falling sun
And the Orphists plight
Stimulated no one
So call me
On no sleep
With just a little something
To remind us what to do
If you run, run like hell
And remember there's history
And if they don't believe you
Just send them back to me
Because they can't deny
They just have to see
That the roots and the ruins are the same thing
They are the same thing
I often hear
The new poetry
From your scratchy throat
At quarter-after-three
That's when I know I owe this to you
As autumn owes the trees
With their roots still strong
From the ruins of some stray seed
Look out for guns
Look out for girls
And other stories that could tear apart our world
And no matter what
No matter what you do
I will look out for you
Look out for guns
Look out for girls
And other stories that could tear apart our world
And no matter what
No matter what you do
I will look out for you
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