On Avery Island (LP)

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Neutral Milk Hotel
On Avery Island (LP)

[ Merge Records / LP ]

Release Date: Monday 11 January 2010

Neutral Milk Hotel's debut is an inscrutable concept album, a chronicle of an insular world told in a remarkably universal language.

"Neutral Milk Hotel's debut is an inscrutable concept album, a chronicle of an insular world told in a remarkably universal language. A fuzzy masterpiece of experimental lo-fi recording, the album wraps its ragged pop songs in ribbons of loops, marching-band squawks, and Casio noodling; the opener, "Song Against Sex," is as much a manifesto as a kickoff, a self-propelled marvel hopped up on rapid-fire wordplay and a stunningly ramshackle melody punctuated by bloated trombone moans. Throughout the record, Jeff Mangum's wheels threaten to fly off at any time - his songs are cryptic and crazed, his ideas fast and furious, and together they force the home-recording concept out of the basement and into a brave new world".

Tracks:

Side 1:
1. Song Against Sex
2. You've Passed
3. Someone Is Waiting
4. A Baby For Pree
5. Marching Theme
6. Where You'll Find Me Now

Side 2:
7. Avery Island April 1st
8. Garden Head Leave Me Alone
9. Three Peaches
10. Naomi
11. April 18th
12. Pree Sisters Swallowing A Donkey's Eye