{"title":"Neutral Milk Hotel","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAbout Neutral Milk Hotel\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeutral Milk Hotel formed in Ruston, Louisiana in 1989 around Jeff Mangum, originally as a Mangum solo project. The band relocated to Athens, Georgia in the mid-1990s and became part of the Elephant 6 Recording Company collective (alongside the Apples in Stereo, Of Montreal, Olivia Tremor Control, and others). Their 1998 album In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - recorded with a expanded band lineup at Pet Sounds Studio in Denver, with production by Robert Schneider - addressed themes of Anne Frank's diary, World War II, religion, and personal experience. The album is widely cited as one of the most important indie rock albums of the 1990s, with influence on the broader indie rock and indie folk movements of the subsequent two decades. Jeff Mangum retreated from public life following the album's release and the band's 1999 dissolution. The band reunited briefly in 2013-2015 for limited tour activity. The band has not released subsequent material. Their foundational influence on contemporary indie rock is widely cited.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSound and style\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeutral Milk Hotel's sound combines indie rock, indie folk, lo-fi indie, psychedelic folk, art rock, and avant-garde with Mangum's distinctive vocal delivery (use of dramatic emotional projection and lyrical content addressing surreal imagery), varied instrumental arrangements (including use of horns, accordion, singing saw, and other unconventional instruments), and lyrical content addressing dreams, history, religion, and personal experience drawing on surrealist and literary reference points.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDiscography highlights\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn Avery Island (1996, Merge)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998, Merge) - widely-cited 1990s indie rock landmark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFerris Wheel on Fire EP (2011, Orange Twin) - compilation of unreleased material\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFor collectors\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal Merge Records pressings of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998) are foundational items in indie rock collecting, with collector premiums on original pressings. Multiple anniversary editions, audiophile reissues, and the comprehensive Merge reissue programs have been released.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhere to start\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eListeners new to Neutral Milk Hotel typically start with In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998). \u003cspan class=\"related-collections\"\u003eExplore more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/classic-rock-vinyl-records\"\u003eClassic Rock\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/folk-vinyl-records\"\u003eFolk \u0026amp; Indie Folk\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"neutral-milk-hotel-in-the-aeroplane-over-the-sea-cassette","title":"In the Aeroplane Over the Sea CASSETTE","description":"\u003cp\u003eNamed Best Album of the 1990s by Magnet Magazine, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea gives us Jeff Mangum's powerful solo acoustic work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wax Trax Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48540729639095,"sku":"210000085086","price":12.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/5755\/4871\/files\/4260208-3080506.jpg?v=1781154028"},{"product_id":"neutral-milk-hotel-in-the-aeroplane-over-the-sea-vinyl-180g","title":"In the Aeroplane Over the Sea LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eVinyl edition of In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, the 1996 release from Neutral Milk Hotel. 180 gram vinyl. Includes coupon for full album download. Jeff Mangum's second album as Neutral Milk Hotel is a masterpiece, Inspired by a reading of the Ann Frank story, and with the help from the Elephant Six recording collective (Apples in Stereo and Olivia Tremor Control), In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is a personal meditation on the rich joys of life and the tragedy of death. Triumphantly martial brass arrangements, warbly musical saw, and sweet piano augment the rough buzz of Mangum's basic acoustic guitar strum, but it's his glorious, wailing voice that soars over all of it as the album progresses seamlessly from bombastic rock songs (\"Holland, 1945,\" \"Ghost\") and achingly earnest mid-tempo numbers (\"King of Carrot Flowers Part 1\") to a brass-led dirge (\"The Fool\") reminiscent of the jazz funeral that march through the streets of Mangum's native Louisiana. 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