The recently reunited Karate have announced their first new album in 20 years. The follow-up to 2004’s Pockets is titled Make It Fit and arrives October 18 via Numero Group. The Boston jazz-rock group have also shared two new songs from that record: “Defendants” and “Silence, Sound.”

All 10 songs on Make It Fit were mixed by longtime collaborator Andy Hong. After reuniting in 2022 to ring in a series of reissues on Numero Group, Karate realized they “had more to say” and set about writing a new record.

The first new music from the post-emo trio in two decades. Out of the brain of Geoff Farina spills 10 new tales from their unlikely reunion, tracked with long-time Karate collaborator Andy Hong. Make It Fit crams 35 minutes of Wes Montgomery homage, Fugazi dub plate party rocking, Lynott lyricism, and Clash city crooning into a graceful seventh album.

01 Defendants
02 Bleach the Scene
03 Cannibals
04 Liminal
05 Rattle the Pipes
06 Fall to Grace
07 Around the Dial
08 People Ain’t Folk
09 Three Dollar Bill
10 Silence, Sound