Reddit reviews Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (33 1/3)

Yeah---it actually gets even more complicated than that, too. At various points between '89 and '98, the band either existed or it didn't, or Jeff was deeply involved in another project (Synthetic Flying Machine, for instance, which after Jeff left became known as The Olivia Tremor Control), or Jeff would move to New York, or Seattle, or Denver and record a cassette or an EP or something under the Neutral Milk Hotel moniker, often with whoever was nearby.

I'd still say Athens is the place that it's formed, mostly because at this point if you heard that Neutral Milk Hotel was going on another tour, you'd expect Jeff Mangum, Scott Spillane, Julian Koster, and Jeremy Barnes at the very least. And that group of people got together in Athens for the recording of In The Aeroplane Over The Sea.

If you want to learn a bit more about what happened, I highly recommend this book. It basically tells the story of how In The Aeroplane Over The Sea came to be.

Kind of a funny feeling to see facts I uncovered for my little 33 1/3 series book about "In The Aeroplane Over the Sea" in cartoon form.

http://www.amazon.com/Neutral-Milk-Hotels-Aeroplane-Over/dp/082641690X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413252669&sr=8-1&keywords=Neutral+Milk+Hotel+book

Check out this book. It's under $10 and really goes into each song in as best depth as you will get from a somewhat reputable source

Very good. In the event my Santa needs some inspiration: books are great. I don't have any denim related reading, and /u/KingOCarrotFlowers informed me of a cool music series, so these books are on the wishlist to pick and choose from: 1 2 3 4 5 6. There's always the Steam wishlist and the winter sale is coming up.

amazon?


https://www.amazon.com/Neutral-Milk-Hotels-Aeroplane-Over/dp/082641690X/

If she is into reading then maybe this?

I completely agree, absolutely brilliant, and I encourage everyone here to go ahead and grab a copy of the 33 1/3 book that details the making of In the Airplane Over the Sea album. Anyone who is a fan of Mangum and his music, and really that of the Elephant 6 collective as a whole, really owes it to themselves to take an afternoon to read through it.

Here's a link for those who might be interested.

http://www.amazon.com/Neutral-Milk-Hotels-Aeroplane-Over/dp/082641690X

This is a book about the creation of the album and it has a lot of information about the influence of Anne Frank's diary on Mangum and the songs on the record. I have it, and it is fantastic.

Glad I helped convince you to give it another go. Hopefully with new ears. If you do find yourself gaining interest, especially the Anne Frank bit, this was a good, quick read that discusses it more.

Aeroplane is obviously a great record, this book from the 33 1/3 series is one of the best from that series. I'll be online Friday morning!
http://www.amazon.com/Neutral-Milk-Hotels-Aeroplane-Over/dp/082641690X