The Return is a nine-track song-cycle composed for the full-length format

one fifth of rock and roll fever dream Darlene Shrugg

forty-five minutes of repetitive drone-like guitar riffs

released in early 1994

distinctive mark onto each

KARATE - Unsolved TAPE Sweater/Hoodies The Return is a nine-trackAs Warped Tour pop punk and American Apparel indie rock dominated the strange post Y2K guitar band milieu, Boston's Karate delivered an engrossing shot of rock that constantly shifted between several shades of subterranean sounds. The quiet moments on Karate's millennium busting fourth album carry much of that old, unbridled intensity, braided into subdued jazz melodies and slowcore restraint. Karate's transition into rock maturity bore supple fruit