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Unlike his full-time band, Karate, in Secret Stars, the multi-talented Geoff Farina -- collaborating with his painter friend Jodi Buonanno -- takes a more lo-fi approach to music, freewheeling through mostly acoustic numbers. Farina and Buonanno formed Secret Stars in 1993, naming the project after talented friends of theirs who seemed to "shine in secrecy." With 20 stripped-down songs on their self-titled, full-length album, fans of Karate's more intricate, jazzy sound structures   [ read more ]

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Massachusetts duo of Geoff Farina (KARATE) and Jodi avoid sophomore hoodoo by exploring the realm of tape loops, white noise and (yes, even) pop-- minus the saccharine and wretched affectations d'twee.

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Boston duo including Karate's Jeff perform elegant, stripped-down pop in the vein of Chris Bell and/or Young Marble Giants. Cynicism-killing.

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