After the scrapped Dessau sessions in1992, Codeine returned with an EP of icyand effervescent tracks.

Clocking in at abrisk 25 minutes, the six-song 12" featuresdrummer Chris Brokaw's final recordingswith the group, plus noisy guitar fromBitch Magnet's Jon Fine and a solo pianoarrangement from Bastro's David Grubbs.Remastered from the original analog tapesand recreated in painstaking detail,BarelyReal is the slowcore classic your therapistwarned you about."As far away from traditional rock & rollheat as a post-stellar universe is to the BigBang."-The Quietus