CODEINE - The White Birch (2023 Reissue) THE FRIGHTNRS and some of it was

and some of it was me harking back to the experience of growing up there

love and hate conflict colliding into devastating effects

buzz-bombing

The Hoosiers’ formed in 2003 whilst Alan Sharland (Drummer) and Irwin Sparkes (Lead singer) were on a football scholarship at the University of Indianapolis

Wainwright on drums

CODEINE - The White Birch (2023 Reissue) THE FRIGHTNRS and some of it wasLP Black Vinyl. Remastered from the original analog tapes. 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