Karate has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 11 episodes and was first played on 2 July 2016.

In 2005, Karate announced their demise, quietly closing the door on a 12-year run that included 6 studio albums and almost 700 performances in 20 countries. They exited the indie rock world without much fanfare, except from the small enclaves of devout fans who have followed their music since Geoff Farina's early 90's work with The Secret Stars. The band’s beginnings in the early '90s Boston indie scene, their love for improvised music and classic rock, and their adherence to the DIY punk ethos…