Codeine seemed to arrive fully formed – your music had a remarkably consistent tone and mood. How did that overarching sound evolve when you were developing Frigid Stars?
We were deliberate about paring the songs down, and also distilling the group of songs that would make up our repertoire. This included jettisoning a few songs early on that felt outside of what we were focusing on. I think, too, that even can be divided into two distinct halves – sides one and two – that were recorded a few months apart.