Barely Real (lost unreleased songs from Codeine EP; 1992): Difference between revisions

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Album cover art.

Status: Lost

Codeine was an American indie rock band known for pioneering the slowcore/sadcore genre.^[1] Their 1990 debut album, Frigid Stars LP, received critical acclaim upon release.^[2]

Following the release of Frigid Stars LP, the band recorded a new album under the title Barely Real in 1992. Under the pressure of following up their debut, the band felt that many of the songs they were writing were too similar to the songs on Frigid Stars. The lead singer/guitarist, Stephen Immerwahr, was unsatisfied with the results.^[3] He decided to cut over half the tracks planned for the album and proceeded to release the album as a five-song EP instead. A couple of the deleted tracks were re-recorded two years later for their 1994 album, The White Burch.^[4]

Status

The original and deleted tracks have never surfaced and were not included in the 2012 reissuing of the EP. People believe the tracks were recorded over for The White Burch and original recordings are gone forever.

References

↑ https://www.spin.com/2012/02/slowcore-pioneers-codeine-announce-reunion-tour/
↑ http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7150-sub-pop-20/
↑ https://archive.today/20120902063116/http://thequietus.com/articles/09835-codeine-interview
↑ Picco, Judson; Shipley, Ken (2012). "Codeine: Barely Real". Barely Real (booklet). The Numero Group. p. 9. 201.2.

External Link

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barely_Real

[1] ttps://www.spin.com/2012/02/slowcore-pioneers-codeine-announce-reunion-tour/

[2] ttp://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7150-sub-pop-20/

[3] ttps://archive.today/20120902063116/http://thequietus.com/articles/09835-codeine-interview

[4] Picco, Judson; Shipley, Ken (2012). "Codeine: Barely Real". Barely Real (booklet). The Numero Group. p. 9. 201.2.

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-''Codeine'' is one of the definitive bands of the Slowcore genre. Their 1990 debut album, ''Frigid Stars LP'', received critical acclaim upon release. Their unique sense of rhythm, hard-hitting, emotional lyrics and their dark, brooding sound inspired other slowcore bands and helped usher in the post-rock movement of the 1990s.
+Codeine was an American indie rock band known for pioneering the slowcore/sadcore genre.<ref>https://www.spin.com/2012/02/slowcore-pioneers-codeine-announce-reunion-tour/</ref> Their 1990 debut album, ''Frigid Stars LP'', received critical acclaim upon release.<ref>http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7150-sub-pop-20/</ref>
-They returned to the studio in the summer of 1992 to record a new album under the title '''''Barely Real'''''. Under the pressure of following up their debut, the band felt that many of the songs they were writing were just treading the same water explored on ''Frigid Stars''. Unsatisfied with the results, lead singer/guitarist, Stephen Immerwahr cut over half the tracks planned for the album and decided to release the album as a five-song EP instead. A couple of the deleted tracks were re-recorded two years later for their 1994 album, ''The White Burch''. The versions on the album, however, were greatly changed and reworked.
+Following the release of Frigid Stars LP, the band recorded a new album under the title '''''Barely Real''''' in 1992. Under the pressure of following up their debut, the band felt that many of the songs they were writing were too similar to the songs on ''Frigid Stars''. The lead singer/guitarist, Stephen Immerwahr, was unsatisfied with the results.<ref>https://archive.today/20120902063116/http://thequietus.com/articles/09835-codeine-interview</ref> He decided to cut over half the tracks planned for the album and proceeded to release the album as a five-song EP instead. A couple of the deleted tracks were re-recorded two years later for their 1994 album, ''The White Burch''.<ref>Picco, Judson; Shipley, Ken (2012). "Codeine: Barely Real". Barely Real (booklet). The Numero Group. p. 9. 201.2. </ref>
-The original and deleted tracks have never surfaced and were not included in the 2012 reissuing of the EP. Many fans have desperately searched for the tracks, hoping to construct what could have been the band's second full-length release. Word has it, though, the tracks were recorded over by ''The White Burch'' recordings and are gone forever.
+==Status==
+The original and deleted tracks have never surfaced and were not included in the 2012 reissuing of the EP. People believe the tracks were recorded over for ''The White Burch'' and original recordings are gone forever.
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
+==External Link==
+*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barely_Real
 [[Category:Lost music|Barely Real]]
 [[Category:Completely lost media|Barely Real]]