The White Birch: Vinyl LP NAD Pre Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys

I wanted to embrace loneliness and being alone

Tracks such as “Grease in Your Hair” and “Ice Machines” were road-tested in 2022 before they were recorded

in Icelandic for its proximity to Old Norse

What we said: "The follow-up to 2017’s Pulitzer Prize winning album

The White Birch: Vinyl LP NAD Pre Arctic MonkeysA white ship sailing in a sea of blackness, Codeines swan song arrived in 1994 amid grunges ascension to alt radios godhead status. John Engles guitar alternates between crystalline and sludge, and Stephen Immerwhars distorted bass floats on top of punishing drums from newcomer Doug Scharin (Rex, June of 44), resulting in nine perfect meditations on the loneliness and uncertainty of early adulthood. Codeines unyielding numbness creates its own kind of