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What About The Lonely? (2023 reissue)

limited "lounge axe green room" colour lp - £21.99 | Pre Order
Captured direct from the mixing board at a stop on Codeine’s November 1993 swing through the Midwest opening for Mazzy Star, 'What About The Lonely...
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Barely Real (2023 reissue)

limited "upper belvedere" clear blue w/ green splatter 12" ep - £24.99 | Buy
After the scrapped "Dessau" sessions in 1992, Codeine returned with an EP of icy and effervescent tracks.
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Frigid Stars (2023 reissue)

limited "heat death" clear w/ black splatter lp - £24.99 | Buy
The drowsiest and earliest inklings of the slowcore movement can be traced to Codeine’s 1991 debut.
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Dessau

very limited lp - 1 per customer - £28.99
On its 30th anniversary, Numero has unearthed these recordings, restoring the original White Birch to the band’s exacting standards with producer Mike McM...
The White Birch (2023 reissue)
  1. Sea
  2. Loss Leader
  3. Vacancy
  4. Kitchen Light
  5. Washed Up
  6. Tom
  7. Ides
  8. Wird
  9. Smoking Room

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The White Birch (2023 reissue)

NUMERO GROUP
  • limited "washed up" clear w/ white splatter lp

    Released: 14th Jul 2023

    £24.99
    out of stock
  • black lp (pre-order)

    Expected Release: 14th Jul 2023

    £22.99
    Preorder

A white ship sailing in a sea of blackness, Codeine’s swan song arrived in 1994 amid grunge’s ascension to alt radio’s godhead status.

John Engle’s guitar alternates between crystalline and sludge, and Stephen Immerwhar’s 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. “Codeine’s unyielding numbness creates its own kind of warmth — the feeling of cold water running for so long that it suddenly feels hot.” —Spin