CODEINE THE BAND

My favorite songs are Pea, Smoking Room, Tom, Kitchen Light and Cigarette Machine. I don't have Barely Real yet, but I often look for it while record shopping.

Codeine is VERY VERY great.

the artwork for Barely Real is CHOICE.

THREW MY BIKE OFF THE ROAD

that's my flavorite

what is the song where he sings:

"i...
under...
stand"

but it takes him 39 seconds to say it all? awesome.

probably tho...at t goes to infinity, codeine goes to zero and:

(tequila x 7) = ouchie.

where drinker = msp.
m.

there's a SEAM single called "granny 9x" where soo young sings:

"i threw my bike in the river/
watched it sink into the night"...

???

there is way too much crossover between SEAM and CODEINE

so far:

jr.
granny 9x
this charming man

1993 Following a foray to the West Coast with Josh, the band went through the process of auditioning a full-time drummer. "It was like stepping on kittens," says John. "It was really hard watching them try to play at our speed." Finally, Douglas Scharin was found. The band then moved to Louisville, Kentucky for the summer to break Doug in and prepare for the band's first extensive U.S. tour. "There's definitely something in the water there," says Stephen about Louisville. "There's a fine music scene, and both the people and rent are much kinder than in New York."

After a Midwest and East Coast tour, the band recorded the "Tom" single in Chicago, aided by the guitar work of the delightful Mr. Grubbs (now of Gastr del Sol). In the fall the band returned to New York, did additional touring with Mazzy Star and the Grifters, and finally completed their new album, The White Birch.

1994 Compared to the group's first record, The White Birch's sound is drier and more organic, with sung vocals (as opposed to the more "spoken-word" delivery of Frigid Stars LP). But the overall impact and effect remain just as powerful, thanks to the production work of Mike McMackin (who has engineered and co-produced almost all of the band's work to date). Trying to understand the enormity of experience, feeling lost or sensing it in others, betrayal - these are some of the themes that run through The White Birch.

Following the release of The White Birch on April 4, 1994, the band toured the UK and Europe with label-mates The Spinanes. In July, Codeine played a week of dates on the West Coast. The group's last show of the tour, in Santa Rosa, CA, ended up being their final performance.

xthread

HI LOOK AT MY LONG HAIR AND BEARD AND SPARKLE CUM SHIRT. I AM A TRUE DOOSHBAG.

and i'll moderelatize you too pumpkin!

(i blame the pixels really.)

Afflicted by disease
They are so weak

I'll throw sand in your eye
You need a reason to cry
I'll throw sand in your eye
I need a reason to smile

I went to school to learn
But it didn't work

How do you learn to try
Why can't I?

I'll throw sand in your eye
You need a reason to cry
I'll throw sand in your eye
I need a reason to smile

Subquestion for hstencil and possibly Drew... what is the style of composition/school of theory/(predecessors?) for "W"? Because once it's converted into a rock quartet (LG/RG/B/D) it becomes very SLINT sounding.

Dudebros,
Steve Shasta

did you know that ian johnson accidentally dialed steve immerwahr with my phone the other day? no lie.

as for "w" maybe morton feldman or somebody like that? dunno.

best,

h

Steve Shasta

best

Drew

Listening to "W" now. It just sounds like a transcription of catchy, melancholic indie rock guitar parts for piano. I don't hear the space or scale of a Feldman or Wolff New York school contemporary classical piece here. It has me wondering what General MIDI files of Codeine songs would sound like. It's rad, no denying that, and it's a ballsy move, but aside from the oddity of the instrumental choice, as a tune it's got the Codeine-ish fingerprints (a good thing). Do you hear Grubbs quietly humming along in certain places? I think I do, but I might just be going into my crazy place.

best

Drew

I KISS YOU.

Drew went to Oxford! =0

Listen to "W" and then "WIRD" (off of The White Birch). Grubbs plays lead guitar on "WIRD", essentially transcribing his "catchy, melancholic indie rock" piano parts for guitar while Codeine (at this ponit based in Louisville) go for full-on Spiderland mode.

Tim,

At my friend's wedding, I sat at a table with Frank Kozik and Blag Dahlia (neither were invited but were dates of two of the bridesmaids). Blag was very nice and conversant but Frank was just way too cool.

Steve Shasta

dude, steve, they were only there for like part of a summer. they were never really "based" in louisville, and i'm pretty sure "the white birch" was recorded elsewhere (don't have it handy).

Steve, I will listen and think about the differences between those songs. On the gneral subject of Codeine The Band, I went through a period while studying at Oxford and living in a single unit dorm room of listening to the "Barely Real" EP in a ritualized state and staring at the wall and doing nothing in a state of catatonic arrest at least once a day. It induced a state that John Cassian, writing to fourth century monks in his classic religious text "The Institutes" referred to as acedia, a state of melancholic contemplative arrest, described in the ninetieth psalm as "the noonday demon", a mood in which nothing seems possible, nothing seems worth doing, and yet everything is suffused with a kind of crushing, beautiful sublimity.

best

Drew

― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Saturday, January 28, 2006 2:01 AM (3 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Steve-

Listening to "W" now. It just sounds like a transcription of catchy, melancholic indie rock guitar parts for piano. I don't hear the space or scale of a Feldman or Wolff New York school contemporary classical piece here. It has me wondering what General MIDI files of Codeine songs would sound like. It's rad, no denying that, and it's a ballsy move, but aside from the oddity of the instrumental choice, as a tune it's got the Codeine-ish fingerprints (a good thing). Do you hear Grubbs quietly humming along in certain places? I think I do, but I might just be going into my crazy place.

best

Drew

― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Saturday, January 28, 2006 2:16 AM (3 years ago) Bookmark

^^^^^^
***BOOMING POSTS***

i don't think cigarete machine is a favorite now tbh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmLmcO80kEY

^^^

I checked into that Codeine state of mind again last week with "Barely Real" and "The White Birch" played in sequence. I think "Barely Real" is my favorite record of theirs still, and I'm glad that when I listen to it I am not just listening in order to feel nostalgic about the first time I listened to it. I still can hear the record and not just the mushy-inner-home-movie it triggers. But it was weird that I would just light a candle and stare into the flame and do nothing while that record played. Like church or something.

back: http://www.atpfestival.com/events/ibymlondon2012.php

Would be pretty weird seeing them in front of any sort of sizeable crowd. That said, good luck Codeine!

I love this thread btw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_3qhH5OerA

Most perfect discography ever?

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Anyone catching this round of shows? So psyched (yet equally bummed we don't get BManning as opener).

I missed their last reunion... strangely found out about it at an A's game. As I'm shuffling to my seat I notice the guy next to me was wearing a shirt of theirs and I was like "My man, that was my favorite band in 1991" and he replied "Dude, they played last night at [insert local club here]... you blew it!" haha.

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