![]() ![]() Jawbreaker made records that meant something to them, not their fans’ dwindling attention span.’ - Consequence of Sound They customize their angst by selecting any particular slew of artists they want to remind them why they’re confused, enraged, or heartbroken. This allows them to sensationalize the thought that a jumbled group of songs can merge together to deliver one blank slate of relevance. Steve Jobs has made it so they can create their own compilations. Kids no longer pledge undying allegiance to full-length albums. Codeine have hit upon a formula so pure and righteous it would be tragic for them to deviate from it.”‘ - collaged The Alternative Press opined that the EP was not “a progression from the gorgeously devastated Frigid Stars and I couldn’t be happier. ![]() Each of them is a towering monument to nothingness”. ‘In contemporary reviews, Peter Paphides wrote in Melody Maker that Codeine’s Barely Real EP was “25 minutes of snowblind glory waiting here if you want them. When Eric would start messing around with words, you were like ‘Oh my God, he’s going to come through the speakers and fucking kill me.’ It’s the perfect description of the sheer trauma that is Gaffney’s “As the World Dies the Eyes of God Grow Bigger” and a counterpoint to Barlow’s own musical mission statement, where it’s more about the emotions, than the warping thereof.’ - Gigwise Speaking of Gaffney’s lyrical brilliance, Barlow says, “I found it legitimately poetic and disturbing. ![]() The perfect backbone for Barlow’s nervous intensity was Gaffney’s fiendish appetite for “fucking with people” which was also, says Barlow, what made Sebadoh III so different from more well-adjusted contemporaries like Pavement. ‘ Sebadoh III is imbued with that sense of urgency and the compulsive urge to prove yourself by going in at least five different musical directions at once. Sebadoh As the World Dies, the Eyes of God Grow Bigger (1991) Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain called it one of the most influential albums of his life.’ - collaged Steve Albini has stated that it is the one album on which he felt he got both the best sound for a band, and the best performance from a band. ‘Pod is the debut album by the American alternative rock band the Breeders, released on 4AD in May 1990. ![]()
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