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New York, United States (1989 – 1994)
American indie rock band formed in New York in 1989 by members Stephen Immerwahr (vocal, bass), Chris Brokaw (drums) and John Engle (guitar). Codeine pioneered the slowcore and sadcore subgenres of indie rock, but with a more experimental attitude than other bands in the genre, such as Low, Idaho and Red House Painters. The band’s original tone, marked by slow tempos, Immerwahr’s nasal and apathetic vocals, and Engle’s ringing Telecaster, did not evolve much during their career.
Codeine released their first album Frigid Stars on the German label Glitterhouse in 1990. The album was released on Sub Pop the following year.
Their second release, the Barely Real EP was issued in 1992. Immerwahr rejected several of the songs after the recording session. Some of these songs were re-recorded for the final album. The song W. is a solo performance on piano by David Grubbs (of Bastro, Squirrel Bait and Gastr Del Sol). A somewhat different full-band version of the song appears on Codeine’s next album, but titled Wird.
Brokaw left the band after the release of Barely Real to play full-time with his other band Come. He was replaced by Douglas Scharin of the band Rex.
Codeine’s next and final release was the full-length album The White Birch, released in 1994. David Grubbs also participated on the album. After this release the band broke up. Stephen Immerwahr has since then been playing with the band Raymond, while Douglas Scharin continued in June of 44 and later HIM.
Codeine released their first album Frigid Stars on the German label Glitterhouse in 1990. The album was released on Sub Pop the following year.
Their second release, the Barely Real EP was issued in 1992. Immerwahr rejected several of the songs after the recording session. Some of these songs were re-recorded for the final album. The song W. is a solo performance on piano by David Grubbs (of Bastro, Squirrel Bait and Gastr Del Sol). A somewhat different full-band version of the song appears on Codeine’s next album, but titled Wird.
Brokaw left the band after the release of Barely Real to play full-time with his other band Come. He was replaced by Douglas Scharin of the band Rex.
Codeine’s next and final release was the full-length album The White Birch, released in 1994. David Grubbs also participated on the album. After this release the band broke up. Stephen Immerwahr has since then been playing with the band Raymond, while Douglas Scharin continued in June of 44 and later HIM.
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Barely Real
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Frigid Stars
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The White Birch
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White Birch
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ThiDesRe wrote:
Belgian tourdate announced! Fuck yess!
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Parergon wrote:
When you're feeling down and want to give yourself up to it, is there a band you can listen to AFTER you've listened to Codeine? For me, there isn't.
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Raiyne wrote:
"What does the word vacancy mean, when you don't expect anything?"
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crackityjones92 wrote:
The withe birch is #3??? D:
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Prinzhorn wrote:
if i would label one band as heartbreaking, it would be codeine
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Ericoz wrote:
can't believe they are back!
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Kappi wrote:
Amazing news about the reunion shows. Although for 10 years I've only experienced Codeine's music alone in my room at 3am with a glass of whiskey. Will be strange hearing it in a hall packed with other people. [2]
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paternof wrote:
Their music could be killing... Among best bands in 90's.
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Piratesquid wrote:
Judging from the band's name, I thought it'd be a Southern rap group talking about getting their sizzurp on. I was sadly mistaken.
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shootmeadeer wrote:
And someone remind unwound to get back together.
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shootmeadeer wrote:
Codeine and Bitch Magnet to need to do a reunion tour together. I'd be all over that shit.
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NarooN wrote:
I heard about this on youtube, but didn't know if the guy was lying or not. This is gonna be great! I hope someone films every second of the shows.
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surdez wrote:
related artists should have more reasonable.
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awnbtopjnh wrote:
i love it when you manage to change the default picture.
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Anira_Sugar wrote:
Primavera Sound!
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noWaveNoise wrote:
please please please, berlin, leipzig, greifswald ... then i can die.
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noWaveNoise wrote:
europe is waiting.
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rodyarodya wrote:
american football? haha. nooooo. they do, however, sound sad as shit. anyyone know if they're gonna be playing any shows other than ATP?
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GTMtSYA wrote:
iuno, they're sorta like a mix of American Football and Enablers to me, I only have Frigid Stars though so
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bombsxwillxfly wrote:
V band sounds nothing like american football lol
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Polyraclure added Codeine to the lineup of Codeine at Ancienne Belgique. yesterday afternoon
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C0ncealer wrote about Codeine – The White Birch in Cd Collection. yesterday afternoon
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C0ncealer wrote about Codeine in Cd Collection. yesterday afternoon
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green_stuff, zwid, ana_klusmos and 1 other person added Codeine to their libraries. yesterday morning
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Fairy-Blue tagged Codeine with ‘slowcore’. Wednesday afternoon
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Spacefloat, geoisdead, SuperBpig and 6 other people added Codeine to their libraries. Wednesday morning
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Suzanne2008 wrote about Codeine in Seen Live (a Work in Progress, updated 5 February 2012). Sunday afternoon
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Suzanne2008 wrote about Codeine in a deleted journal. Sunday afternoon
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innrlght and nomuyagradable added Codeine to their libraries. Saturday morning
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hungerous tagged Codeine with post-rock and slowcore. Friday evening
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