BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:29361@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:CODEINE (US) DTSTAMP:20261022T192302Z DTSTART:20270515T183000Z DESCRIPTION:CODEINE (US\, NUMERO GROUP)\n+ SUPPORT\nEARLY SLOWCORE PIONEERS | “LEVE CODEINE\, LEVE DE TRAAGHEID”\n\nTickets on sale on Friday\, Octob er 23rd\, 10h.\n\nAfter a brief European tour in 2023 (including sold-out shows in London and\nParis)\, and more recent performances in South Americ a and Japan\, 90’s band\nCodeine returns to play a dozen shows in support of their lost album Dessau\,\nrecorded in 1992 but recently(ish) released by the archival label Numero Group\,\nalong with remastered vinyl of their original Sub Pop/Glitterhouse records.\n\nWith the release of Frigid Star s LP (1990)\, Codeine almost single-handedly\ninvented what would later be come known as “slowcore.” Predating influential\nalbums by kindred spirits Low and Duster by half a decade\, Codeine’s slow\,\ngraceful songs suppor t lyrics that are a disturbingly gentle embodiment of\ndepression and disa ssociation.\n\nCodeine – D (HD Visualizer)\n\nWatch this video on YouTube [https://youtu.be/Grubv86suXc]\n\nABOUT DESSAU\nRecorded June 1992 at Haro ld Dessau Recording studio in New York City with\nfounding drummer/guitari st Chris Brokaw\, Dessau consists of alternate versions\nof songs later re -recorded for their Barely Real EP and The White Birch\, the\nlatter with drummer Doug Scharin (Rex/June of 44). Numero Group resurrected the\nDessa u recordings\, now released with the original planned artwork: a turbulent \nblue-green painting by American tonalist Thomas Wilmer Dewing.\n\n“Dessa u arguably stands as the best of Codeine’s three albums\, a perfect\nsnaps hot of the existential anxiety that can arrive in one’s late 20s\, when\na dolescence fades far into the rearview\, but the future is closing in fast .”\n–Grayson Haver Currin/Bandcamp\n\nPERSONAL QUOTE\n“I was very reluctan t to play again\, afraid to breathe life into these songs\nagain. But talk ing to people who hadn’t seen the band back then and to whom the\nmusic me ans a lot has absolutely changed my mind\, not just about playing but\nals o about what music is actually for. And we’ve been honored by the response to\nour shows\, with even people singing along! So I want to bring that n ew focus and\nunderstanding to these shows now.”\n–Stephen Immerwahr\n\n“L isten to Stephen Immerwahr’s dour poetry\, John Engle’s tolling guitars\, and\nChris Brokaw’s glacial drumming\, and picture falling snow. The sound \, which\ntypified the slowcore indie-rock sub-genre\, is so chilling\, pr ecise\, and\nbeguilingly extreme — shy\, then crashing — that it recalibra tes the vast spaces\naround each inquisitive note. It becomes an explorati on of tone and tension\, and\na desolate meditation.” – The New Yorker USA 2023\n\n“Codeine kwam van ver en overspoelde ons met verleden: dikke bass en en mooie\nwoorden uit 1992 vonden hun weg naar fans van toen en jonge n ektapijten van nu.\nDe wijze woorden en authentieke emotie van Dessau zijn dertig jaar oud\, maar\nkennen klaarblijkelijk geen houdbaarheidsdatum. M eer nog\, ze lijken extra te\nresoneren bij een resem gen Z’ers\, nog niet geboren toen in 1992\, maar gisteren\nwel op de eerste rij. Leve Codeine\ , leve de traagheid.”\n– Dansende Beren BEL 2023\n\n“Codeine has some ante cedents\, from Pink Floyd and Neil Young — Mr. Immerwahr\nshares his high- tenor register — to the arty post-punk of bands like MX-80\, but\nit forge d its own sound. Its songs start out quiet and sparse\, only to gather\nvo lume and gravity\, crashing and tolling\, yet somehow staying austere\, ev en\ndiffident. They crest and then fall away\, often with a lingering inst rumental\ncoda\, ending up no more fulfilled than they were as they began. The music was\ngrunge’s withdrawn\, desolate cousin. The era’s preferred suffix was “-core\,” so\nCodeine was tagged “slowcore” and “sadcore\,” min i-genres that would be continued\nby bands like Low and Red House Painters after Codeine disbanded.”\n– New York Times USA 2012\n\n“Codeine’s delibe rate pace suited songs freighted with Immerwahr’s angst. “My\nemotional st ate\, my disassociation from others\, was the core of it\,” he admits.\nBu t this music was emotional without the histrionics of grunge. “It was a\nr eaction to that Eddie Vedder style of singing. What suited these songs\, m y own\nlived experience\, was something smaller\, something anti-epic.” Po ssessed of a\nsimmering power\, their 1990 debut album Frigid Stars LP was championed in the UK\nby John Peel.”\n– The Guardian UK 2023\n\nPresale/d oor prices adjusted: our events are set up by volunteers in favour of\nsup porting DIY touring acts\, but it is getting ever more risky to plan and b ook\nevents – please support the community and buy your tickets early! Pre sale closes\n18.00 on day of the show. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/codeine-us GEO:52.354338;4.8553367 LOCATION:OCCII - Amstelveenseweg 134\, 1075 XL Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-zuid,blues,books,community,indie,meditation,music,perf ormance,poetry,punk,rock,schinkelbuurt,slowcore,talk,vinyl X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

CODEINE (US, Numero Group)
+ support Early slowcore pioneers | “Leve Codeine, leve de traagheid”

Tickets on sale on Friday, October 23rd, 10h.

< p>After a brief European tour in 2023 (including sold-out shows in London and Paris), and more recent performances in South America and Japan, 90’s band Codeine returns to play a dozen shows in support of their lost album Dessau, recorded in 1992 but recently(ish) relea sed by the archival label Numero Group, along with remast ered vinyl of their original Sub Pop/Glitterhouse records .

With the release of Frigid Stars LP (1990), Code ine almost single-handedly invented what would later become known as “slowcore.” Predating influential albums by kindred spirits < strong>Low and Duster by half a decade, Codeine’s slow, graceful songs support lyrics that are a disturbi ngly gentle embodiment of depression and disassociation.

Codeine – D (HD Visualizer)

Watch this video on YouTube

ABOUT DESSAU
Rec orded June 1992 at Harold Dessau Recording studio in New York City with founding drummer/guitarist Chris Brokaw, < em>Dessau consists of alternate versions of songs later re-recorded f or their Barely Real EP and The White Birch, the latter with drummer Doug Scharin (Rex/June of 44). Numero Group resurrected the Dessau recordin gs, now released with the original planned artwork: a turbulent blue-green painting by American tonalist Thomas Wilmer Dewing.

“Dessau arguably stands as the best of Codeine’s three albums, a perfe ct snapshot of the existential anxiety that can arrive in one’s late 20s, when adolescence fades far into the rearview, but the future is closing in fast.” –Grayson Haver Currin/Bandcamp

PERSONAL QU OTE
“I was very reluctant to play again, afraid to breathe life into t hese songs again. But talking to people who hadn’t seen the band back then and to whom the music means a lot has absolutely changed my mind, not jus t about playing but also about what music is actually for. And we’ve been honored by the response to our shows, with even people singing along! So I want to bring that new focus and understanding to these shows now.”
– Stephen Immerwahr

“Listen to Stephen Immerwahr’s d our poetry, John Engle’s tolling guitars, and Chris Brokaw’s glacial drumm ing, and picture falling snow. The sound, which typified the slowcore indi e-rock sub-genre, is so chilling, precise, and beguilingly extreme — shy, then crashing — that it recalibrates the vast spaces around each inquisiti ve note. It becomes an exploration of tone and tension, and a desolate med itation.” – The New Yorker USA 2023

“Codeine kwam van ver en overspoelde ons met verleden: dikke bassen en mooie woorden uit 1992 vonden hun weg naar fans van toen en jonge nektapijten van nu. De wi jze woorden en authentieke emotie van Dessau zijn dertig jaar oud, maar ke nnen klaarblijkelijk geen houdbaarheidsdatum. Meer nog, ze lijken extra te resoneren bij een resem gen Z’ers, nog niet geboren toen in 1992, maar gi steren wel op de eerste rij. Leve Codeine, leve de traagheid.”
– Dansende Beren BEL 2023

“Code ine has some antecedents, from Pink Floyd and Neil Young — Mr. Immerwahr s hares his high-tenor register — to the arty post-punk of bands like MX-80, but it forged its own sound. Its songs start out quiet and sparse, only t o gather volume and gravity, crashing and tolling, yet somehow staying aus tere, even diffident. They crest and then fall away, often with a lingerin g instrumental coda, ending up no more fulfilled than they were as they be gan. The music was grunge’s withdrawn, desolate cousin. The era’s preferre d suffix was “-core,” so Codeine was tagged “slowcore” and “sadcore,” mini -genres that would be continued by bands like Low and Red House Painters a fter Codeine disbanded.”
– New York Times USA 2012

“Codeine’s deliberate pace suited songs freighted with Immerwahr’s an gst. “My emotional state, my disassociation from others, was the core of i t,” he admits. But this music was emotional without the histrionics of gru nge. “It was a reaction to that Eddie Vedder style of singing. What suited these songs, my own lived experience, was something smaller, something an ti-epic.” Possessed of a simmering power, their 1990 debut album Frigid St ars LP was championed in the UK by John Peel.”
– The Guardian UK 2023

Presale/door prices adju sted: our events are set up by volunteers in favour of supporting DIY tour ing acts, but it is getting ever more risky to plan and book events – plea se support the community and buy your tickets early! Presale closes 18.00 on day of the show.

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