*** Welcome to piglix ***

Frigid Stars

Frigid Stars LP
Codeine Frigid Stars LP.jpg
Studio album by Codeine
Released August 1990
Recorded July–August 1990
Genre Slowcore
Length 41:15
Label Glitterhouse, Sub Pop
Producer Codeine, Mike McMackin
Codeine chronology
Frigid Stars LP
(1990)
Barely Real
(1992)Barely Real1992

Frigid Stars LP is the debut album by American indie rock band Codeine. It was released in August 1990 on Glitterhouse in Europe and in Spring 1991 on Sub Pop in the US. The album was released to generally positive reviews and is regarded as being one of the pioneering albums in the slowcore and sadcore genres. It was chosen by Pitchfork in 2008 as one of the 20 best Sub Pop albums.

"New Year's" is a cover version of a track co-written by Bitch Magnet singer Sooyoung Park. Park did not record the track himself until 1992, with new band Seam. Park is featured on the song "Summer Dresses", which can be found on the 2012 expanded re-issue by the label, Numero Group. "Cave-In" has been covered by rock band Cave In and appears on their compilation album Anomalies, Vol. 1. The song title was the inspiration for their band name.

The phrase "frigid stars" is taken from a line in the song "Crap Rap 2" by The Fall from their 1979 album Live at the Witch Trials.

All songs written by Codeine, except "New Year's", written by S. Park and A. Mitchell.

The re-issue moves "3 Angels" to track four.


...
Wikipedia

...