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Codeine

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 thegenre, such as Low, Idaho and Red House Painters. The band’s original tone, marked by slow tempos, Immerwahr’s nasal and apatheticvocals, 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 ...read more

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 thegenre, such as Low, Idaho and Red House Painters. The band’s original tone, marked by slow tempos, Immerwahr’s nasal and apatheticvocals, 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 followingyear. Their second release, the Barely Real EP was issued in 1992. Immerwahr rejected several of the songs after the recording session. Some ofthese songs were re-recorded for the final album. The song W. is a solo performance on piano by David Grubbs (of Bastro, Squirrel Bait andGastr 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 theband 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 Scharincontinued in June of 44 and later HIM. « hide

Similar Bands: Low, Idaho, Warning, Red House Painters, Bedhead

LPs
The White Birch
1994

4
286 Votes
Frigid Stars
1990

3.7
263 Votes
EPs
Barely Real
1992

3.9
65 Votes
Live Albums
What About the Lonely
04/20/2013

3.2
3 Votes
Compilations
Dessau
2022

4
8 Votes
When I See the Sun
05/08/2012

4.2
5 Votes

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