CODEINE - The White Birch LP Atmospheric to straight ahead driving punk

to straight ahead driving punk

The cover artwork features the piece “Pluto and Charon” (1972)

Noises of moving bodies

Chad VanGaalen and many more

This was the context in which Catharsis appeared

CODEINE - The White Birch LP Atmospheric to straight ahead driving punkWASHED UP SPLATTER VINYL. A white ship sailing in a sea of blackness, Codeines swan song arrived in 1994 amid grunges ascension to alt radios godhead status. John Engles guitar alternates between crystalline and sludge, and Stephen Immerwhars distorted bass floats on top of punishing drums from newcomer Doug Scharin (Rex, June of 44), resulting in nine perfect meditations on the loneliness and uncertainty of early adulthood. Codeines unyielding