30 years of Codeine's The White Birch! The White Birch is Codeine's final release, originally on Sub Pop in 1994. Codeine, and scene peers Galaxie 500, would prove to be a hugely influential act in a genre that would be labeled “slowcore” by music writers and exasperated listeners who had heard nothing of the like before. Codeine’s unique use of somber snail-paced minor-key chord progressions, melancholic vocals, and a quiet/loud/quiet approach to guitar-driven rock that never got too heavy, inf