For a band from the nether regions of Norway, I Do You Do Karate, has the surprising propensity to revel in all that is warm about the best of modern day ‘rock melodic’ that the Americans are rapidly making their own.

As such we see a release that is going to appeal on two distinct musical levels. Initially, fans of Cameron Carr led projects (especially Trying) or the more controlled end of Rocketship back catalogue, are going to love tracks such as The Kicking and Screaming Song, Cornflake Express and the simply superlative stand out of Don’t Play With Stingrays, Baby!

All cute, intelligent, whiffs of pop academia, that eventually descend into distorted fuzz laden mayhem, it’s grumbling jangly indie-pop the way Americans do it, rather than the constant modern day quest for beautiful fragility that is so regularly sought after by their Brit indie-pop counterparts. 

These indie-pops adornments drift into more obvious power-pop machinations in tracks such as Shitsville, Racing The Streets and Boys on The Corner. Still typically American, with their barely concealed enthuiastic dynamism and a bratty exuberance that reminds me of the current Beeef aesthetic, these tracks drive the album along, whilst adding a more traditional structure to enable to fuzz laden tracks to stand out as left field.

Available on digital only at present, a vinyl edition is due in the new year on the ever reliable. Sydney based, Half A Cow Records. Naturally, vinyl prices these days means that you have to devote much time to the selection process, however, this one selects itself !

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