Product Description
Named Best Album of the 1990s by Magnet Magazine,In theAeroplane Over the Seagives us Jeff Mangum's powerful solo acoustic work, full horn-section marches, history, religion, and sex-everything you hoped for and more!
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Led by Jeff Magnum, In the Aeroplane over the Sea finds the Neutral Milk Hotel assemblage loosely performing a series of narratives backed by folksy acoustic guitar. But from that springboard, a quiver of instruments (horns, organs, accordions, saws, banjo, zanzithophone, etc.) are layered into a sometimes rootsy, sometimes lo-fi, and often psychedelic mix. Contrary to most pop experimentalists, NMH songs stretch way past the two-minute mark: "Two Headed Boy" transforms from a Guided by Voices-ish romp into a New Orleans big band funeral march, "The Fool" is as catchy as anything Poi Dog Pondering ever produced, and "Holland" builds up to a crescendo of saw, Uillean pipes, a chorus of voices, and fuzzed-out guitar. Simply irresistible. --Jason Verlinde
Review
[In the Aeroplane Over the Sea] blends buzzing indie-rock guitars, beautifully arranged horns, and oddball instrumentation. . . . Too bad this almost-great album is weighed down by a couple of lifeless acoustic warblers. . . . -- Entertainment Weekly
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 5.55 x 4.92 x 0.47 inches; 3.25 ounces
- Manufacturer : Merge Records
- Original Release Date : 1998
- Date First Available : December 7, 2006
- Label : Merge Records
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
