Frigid Stars

Codeine | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 1994)
• Original Release Date: May 1, 1991
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sub Pop
• ASIN: B0000035EZ
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #149,677 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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Media Type: CD
Artist: CODEINE
Title: FRIGID STARS LP
Street Release Date: 05/01/1991
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Slow, yes, but not truly cold, December 21, 2000

By 

B. Gabel (Southeastern PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frigid Stars (Audio CD)

The previous reviewers have called Frigid Stars either the darkest or slowest albums they've heard. It's not quite either. Slow, lethargic rhythms are associated with darkness and depression, but this isn't necessarily a tragic album and it does pick up the pace in places.

Frigid Stars works as a singular piece - heck, they've appended an "LP" moniker to the album title - as dynamic shifts mark the progressions instead of distinctive tracks. It all works rather convincingly and makes for some good pre-Radiohead era mood music. Typical indie-style guitar dominates and is backed by a warmish, plowing rhythm section. The band look like a bunch of geeks in the liner notes, but in a music-is-salvation-and-sustenance sort of way.

This album recalls images of Slint's Spiderland. The spoken vocals, the dynamics, the moods, the guitar sounds. It's the closest well-recognized comparison I can think of, although Slint's effort has a bit more emotional depth and really can't be considered slowcore. Interestingly enough, Frigid Stars and Spiderland were recorded within a month of each other, during Summer/Fall 1990. The indie/underground volcanic bubble was on the verge of erupting. Galaxie 500 sounds a bit too popish and perhaps amateur to be compared with Codeine. Galaxie 500 was neither truly slow nor core, but Codeine is certainly slowcore.

If you don't have Slint's Spiderland, get it first and if you like it, come back here.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great slowcore, November 2, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Frigid Stars (Audio CD)

This album is one of the slowest that I have ever listened to. It is a journey through a sleeping mind, with strange dreams wandering aimlessly. The songs can meld, but in a good way, and the whole album is sort of an insipid and immediate feeling of boredom, like when you know you should be doing something, but can't think of what it is.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Frigid Stars, December 13, 2000

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silverocket (Baltimore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frigid Stars (Audio CD)

One hell of an album. Not for everyone, as it is definitely one of the darkest recordings I've heard. Walls of guitar, sad, sad lyrics, fumbling beats... and yes, very slow. This is great for breakups during the feeling-sorry-for-yourself period, but be warned, the tragedy is addictive.