Must Have CODEINE – The White Birch – Vinyl LP – 2025 Remaster

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.

Tracklisting:

1. Sea

2. Loss Leader

3. Vacancy

4. Kitchen Light

5. Washed Up

6. Tom

7. Ides

8. Wird

9. Smoking Room