{"id":4772,"date":"2018-11-26T14:06:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T14:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scadradio.org\/?p=4772"},"modified":"2018-11-26T19:06:35","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T19:06:35","slug":"neutral-milk-hotels-classic-turns-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scadradio.org\/2018\/11\/26\/neutral-milk-hotels-classic-turns-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Neutral Milk Hotel’s Classic Turns 20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

20 years ago, the band Neutral Milk\nHotel released <\/em>In\nthe Aeroplane Over the Sea, an album that\nlater became a beloved cult classic. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although most of the \u201890s was dominated by the caustic\nsounds of grunge or the sarcastic humor of alt-rock, an underdog began to\nemerge when Neutral Milk Hotel released its first album–On Avery Island<\/em>–in 1996. The band really gained traction with\ntheir sophomore effort, In the Aeroplane\nOver the Sea<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With its quirky instrumentation, like a plethora of horns\narranged by Scott Spillane and Julian Koster\u2019s addition of singing saws, the\nphrenetic and urgent drumming by Jeremy Barnes, and the jaunty nature of some\nof the tunes, it seems bound to be a fan favorite in the world of indie music.\nBut the songs are more carefully crafted than their relatively lo-fi production\nsuggests. Songs like the title track are almost bursting with sound by the end,\nbut the very next track, \u201cTwo Headed Boy Pt. 1\u201d is a Jeff Mangum (the frontman\nof the band) solo affair between him and his guitar. The songwriting is\nperfectly in sync–with the instrumental complementing the lyrics, and the\nlyrics complementing the instrumental in order to get just the right tone and\nfeel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though the songs are catchy and musically engaging, the\nlyrics really steal the show. They tell a surreal story that weaves in and out,\ntransitioning from subject to subject and back with imagery that is vivid and\njarring at times–there are religiously imbued snakes, a boy with two heads\ntrapped in a jar, references to Holocaust victim Anne Frank, and much more.\nMangum creates a tapestry with seemingly unrelated topics that surprisingly\ndeepen each other\u2019s meanings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The written lyrics certainly convey a great deal of emotion\nand meaning, but his earnest and charmingly amateur delivery really allows them\nto hit home in a powerful way. These songs are not only a peek inside the way\nMangum sees the world, but they also give us great insight into our own. The\nprevailing message throughout all of the songs is that, yes, the world can be\nterrible, but it\u2019s also overwhelmingly beautiful. So many artists are willing\nto show us one or the other–the beauty or the horror–but few are so skilled\nas to put both on display at the same time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story of Neutral Milk Hotel is a small bright spot in\nthe history of music. These four guys created something that they felt\npassionate about, free from concerns about what would lead to success and\nfortune, and audiences happened to fall in love with it. We\u2019re so lucky that\nthe cream of the crop rose to the top all on its own. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea <\/em>pulls no punches, but it doesn\u2019t\nleave you in the dark, either. The history of Neutral Milk Hotel kind of went\nin that direction, too. After giving us this wonderful and life-changing album,\nJeff Mangum, the heart and soul of the band, became overwhelmed by the\nattention, and he no longer publicly releases music. The very same fame that\nallowed such a great breadth of people to share in something so wonderful also\nended up taking it away. But that\u2019s show business for you. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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