The White Birch

The White Birch

Infobox Album
Name = The White Birch
Type = studio
Artist = Codeine


Released =
Recorded = 1994
Genre = Slowcore
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"The White Birch" is a 1994 album by the New York band Codeine. Widely acclaimed on its release, the album is considered to be one of the defining records of the slowcore movement and was a clear influence on Low, among other bands. On their earlier albums "Frigid Stars" and "Barely Real", the band had already pioneered a distinctive sound, characterised by remarkably slow tempos and a stripped-down aesthetic - with songs rarely venturing beyond the combination of a sharp, robust rhythm section underlying crisply ringing guitars - but it was only on "The White Birch" that Codeine cemented their reputation amongst the foremost indie-rock groups of the early 1990s. Along with Slint's 1991 album "Spiderland", the album also paved the way for the post-rock movement, developing an aesthetic that shifted sharply between clean and heavily distorted guitars in a way that few bands had previously explored - a style that would prove to be a huge influence on bands such as Mogwai and Shipping News.

Track listing

# Sea
# Loss Leader
# Vacancy
# Kitchen Light
# Washed Up
# Tom
# Ides
# Wird
# Smoking Room


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