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Biography
about|the 1994 album by Codeine|the Norwegian musical group|The White Birch (band)Infobox Album | Name = The White Birch| Type = studio| Artist = Codeine (band)|Codeine | Cover =| Released = April 4, 1994| Recorded = August and December 1993, at Idful Music ( Chicago ), 3-Communications ( Middletown, Connecticut|Middletown ) and Mike and Rick's ( Brooklyn )| Genre = Slowcore | Length = 43:11| Label = Sub Pop | Producer = Codeine, Mike McMackin| Last album = Barely Real (EP, 1992)| This album = The White Birch (1994)| Next album =Album ratings| rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = Rating|3.5|5cite web | author=Ned Raggett |title=Review: The White Birch |url=Allmusic|class=album|id=r198985|pure_url=yes |publisher= Allmusic |accessdate=2009-06-10 The White Birch is the second and final album by the New York band Codeine (band)|Codeine . Released in April 1994, the album is considered to be the band's best album and a clear influence on Low (band)|Low , among other bands http://www.allmusic.com/artist/codeine-p12579/biography Codeine | AllMusic.
Background
On their debut album Frigid Stars and the follow-on EP Barely Real , Codeine's sound was characterised by agonizingly slow tempos and a stripped-down aesthetic, their songs rarely venturing beyond the combination of a sharp, robust rhythm section underlying crisply ringing guitars. The White Birch introduced more melodic elements and developed an aesthetic that shifted sharply between clean and heavily distorted guitars in a way that few bands such as Slint had previously explored. Along with Slint 's 1991 album Spiderland , The White Birch would prove to be a huge influence on bands such as Mogwai and Shipping News .
Following an extensive US tour, the band split. Scharin returned to Rex (band)|Rex , before working with HiM (American band) and June of 44 . Immerwahr formed a new band, Raymond.
Songs
An alternative version of "Ides" was released as a 7" split single with The Coctails on Simple Machines in 1993 http://www.heartofthunder.com/codeine/codeine_coctails_page.html Codeine / The Coctails split 7". "Tom" was released as a 7" single on Sub Pop in 1993, backed with "Something New" http://www.heartofthunder.com/codeine/codeine_tom_page.html Tom 7". "Wird" is a full-band version of "W.", which previously appeared as an atonal piano piece on Barely Real .
