The White Birch: Limited Clear + White Splatter Vinyl LP UMR_2024_SALE looking at them in a

looking at them in a dreamlike way

Tim Burgess – as self-effacing a band leader

the production is often feather-light

and tackled more sophisticated arrangements and honed in on the hooks and harmonies of the songs

The White Birch: Limited Clear + White Splatter Vinyl LP UMR_2024_SALE looking at them in aLimited edition pressing on clear + white 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