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Neutral Milk Hotel is an American popular music band, centering around its chief lyricist and songwriter, Jeff Mangum, who, on the band's two full-length albums, plays with a number of other musicians, notably Jeremy Barnes and Scott Spillane . Neutral Milk Hotel is a part of the Elephant 6 collective.

The band's second LP, In the Aeroplane over the Sea is notable as a critically acclaimed work and a fairly popular recording. It is a spiritually motivated work conceptually based on the beauty to be found in the horrific fate of Anne Frank and similarly overwhelming tragedies. (Mangum is reported to have, during a live performance, described some of the songs off this album as based on urgent, recurring dreams he had of a JewishJudaism is the religion and culture of the Jewish people and the first recorded monotheistic faith. The tenets and history of Judaism constitute the historical foundation of many other religions, including Christianity and Islam. Star of David, a common s familyThis article is about the domestic group. For other uses, see Family (disambiguation). Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1997 A family is a domestic group of people, or a number of domestic groups linked through descent (demonstrated or stipulated) from a comm during World War Two.) The album was highly praised by critics for its wildly inventive instrumentation and Mangum's provocative lyricA Lyric (from the Greek) is a song sung with a lyre. Now, it is commonly used to mean a song of no defined length or structure. A lyric poem is one that expresses a subjective, personal point of view. I would be the Lyric Ever on the lip, Rather than thes. Although it met with scant response from the general public when it was released, the recording has continued to gain momentum in indieIndie rock a subgenre of rock music, is often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or who aren't on labels at all. In the 1980s, these bands were referred to as "alternative", since they were an alternative to mainstream rock musicMusic often an art/ entertainment, is a total social fact whose definitions vary according to era and culture," according to Jean Molino. 1 It is often contrasted with noise. According to musicologist Jean-Jacques Nattiez: "The border between music and no circles and has become a cult classicA cult classic is a work of fiction, usually a film or television show, that is extremely popular with a select audience. A cult classic may or may not enjoy mainstream success. Some examples of cult classics and their creators are listed below: Films Ali, selling well over 100,000 copies according to Merge RecordsMerge Records is an indie-rock record label based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Merge was founded by members of the band Superchunk. External link Independent record labels..

Although all the members are still active with one another in other projects, it is unknown whether any more Neutral Milk Hotel albums will be released. According to the Elephant 6 website, however, there are are plans to eventually release a Neutral Milk Hotel rarities album on the Orange Twin label.



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