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SUMMARY:CODEINE (US)
LOCATION:OCCII\, Amstelveenseweg 134\, 1075 XL Amsterdam
GEO:52.354725;4.855206
DESCRIPTION:CODEINE (US\, Numero Group)\n+ support\nEarly slowcore pioneers
  | "Leve Codeine\, leve de traagheid"\nTickets on sale on Friday\, October
  23rd\, 10h.\n\nAfter a brief European tour in 2023 (including sold-out sh
 ows in London and Paris)\, and more recent performances in South America a
 nd Japan\, 90’s band Codeine returns to play a dozen shows in support of
  their lost album Dessau\, recorded in 1992 but recently(ish) released by 
 the archival label Numero Group\, along with remastered vinyl of their ori
 ginal Sub Pop/Glitterhouse records.\n\nWith the release of Frigid Stars LP
  (1990)\, Codeine almost single-handedly invented what would later become 
 known as “slowcore.” Predating influential albums by kindred spirits L
 ow and Duster by half a decade\, Codeine’s slow\, graceful songs support
  lyrics that are a disturbingly gentle embodiment of depression and disass
 ociation.\n\n \n\nhttps://youtu.be/Grubv86suXc?si=01OvzGpiX_yF6Mrm\n\n\n\n
 ABOUT DESSAU\nRecorded June 1992 at Harold Dessau Recording studio in New 
 York City with founding drummer/guitarist Chris Brokaw\, Dessau consists o
 f alternate versions of songs later re-recorded for their Barely Real EP a
 nd The White Birch\, the latter with drummer Doug Scharin (Rex/June of 44)
 . Numero Group resurrected the Dessau recordings\, now released with the o
 riginal planned artwork: a turbulent blue-green painting by American tonal
 ist Thomas Wilmer Dewing.\n“Dessau arguably stands as the best of Codein
 e’s three albums\, a perfect snapshot of the existential anxiety that ca
 n arrive in one’s late 20s\, when adolescence fades far into the rearvie
 w\, but the future is closing in fast.” -Grayson Haver Currin/Bandcamp\n
 \nPERSONAL QUOTE\n"I was very reluctant to play again\, afraid to breathe 
 life into these songs again. But talking to people who hadn't seen the ban
 d back then and to whom the music means a lot has absolutely changed my mi
 nd\, not just about playing but also about what music is actually for. And
  we've been honored by the response to our shows\, with even people singin
 g along! So I want to bring that new focus and understanding to these show
 s now."\n-Stephen Immerwahr\n\n"Listen to Stephen Immerwahr’s dour poetr
 y\, John Engle’s tolling guitars\, and Chris Brokaw’s glacial drumming
 \, and picture falling snow. The sound\, which typified the slowcore indie
 -rock sub-genre\, is so chilling\, precise\, and beguilingly extreme -- sh
 y\, then crashing -- that it recalibrates the vast spaces around each inqu
 isitive note. It becomes an exploration of tone and tension\, and a desola
 te meditation.” – The New Yorker USA 2023\n\n"Codeine kwam van ver en 
 overspoelde ons met verleden: dikke bassen en mooie woorden uit 1992 vonde
 n hun weg naar fans van toen en jonge nektapijten van nu. De wijze woorden
  en authentieke emotie van Dessau zijn dertig jaar oud\, maar kennen klaar
 blijkelijk geen houdbaarheidsdatum. Meer nog\, ze lijken extra te resonere
 n bij een resem gen Z’ers\, nog niet geboren toen in 1992\, maar gistere
 n wel op de eerste rij. Leve Codeine\, leve de traagheid."\n- Dansende Ber
 en BEL 2023\n\n"Codeine has some antecedents\, from Pink Floyd and Neil Yo
 ung — Mr. Immerwahr shares his high-tenor register — to the arty post-
 punk of bands like MX-80\, but it forged its own sound. Its songs start ou
 t quiet and sparse\, only to gather volume and gravity\, crashing and toll
 ing\, yet somehow staying austere\, even diffident. They crest and then fa
 ll away\, often with a lingering instrumental coda\, ending up no more ful
 filled than they were as they began. The music was grunge’s withdrawn\, 
 desolate cousin. The era’s preferred suffix was “-core\,” so Codeine
  was tagged “slowcore” and “sadcore\,” mini-genres that would be c
 ontinued by bands like Low and Red House Painters after Codeine disbanded.
 "\n- New York Times USA 2012\n\n"Codeine’s deliberate pace suited songs 
 freighted with Immerwahr’s angst. “My emotional state\, my disassociat
 ion from others\, was the core of it\,” he admits. But this music was em
 otional without the histrionics of grunge. “It was a reaction to that Ed
 die Vedder style of singing. What suited these songs\, my own lived experi
 ence\, was something smaller\, something anti-epic.” Possessed of a simm
 ering power\, their 1990 debut album Frigid Stars LP was championed in the
  UK by John Peel."\n- The Guardian UK 2023\nPresale/door prices adjusted: 
 our events are set up by volunteers in favour of supporting DIY touring ac
 ts\, but it is getting ever more risky to plan and book events – please 
 support the community and buy your tickets early! Presale closes 18.00 on 
 day of the show.\n\nPoster: https://www.instagram.com/prettyuglyshows/\n\n
 Details en tickets: https://onlyhere.app/nl/amsterdam/whats-on/occii-amste
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