There's a sadness in these songs that floats in from behind the music, hiding in the melody, convincing you that you're the one feeling all weepy. Don't be fooled - it's not you, it's them. Neutral Milk Hotel, and more importantly singer and songwriter Jeff Mangum, have grasped the nostalgic, melancholic powers of melody with an ease that would turn Brian Wilson green. Like Wilson, Mangum sings of his lost childhood, albeit through surreal, foggy memories that recall the confusion as well as the innoce...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Neutral Milk Hotel's celebrated classic, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, finally re-issued! Pressed on high quality 180gram vinyl. Comes with a coupon for an MP3 download. Features Jeff's powerful solo acoustic work, full horn-section marches, history, religion, and sex - everything you hoped for and more! Heartbreaking and wrenching, an absolute must-have.

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Of all the recordings to emerge from the Athens-via-Denver collective called Elephant 6, Neutral Milk Hotel's second album is the one that has worked its way under the most skins. Magnet magazine named it the best album of the 1990s, and Creative Loafing recently devoted a cover story to one fan's quest to understand why band leader Jeff Mangum dropped out of sight soon after Aeroplane's release. The record sells steadily to an audience that finds it through word of mouth.

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