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On Avery Island by Neutral Milk Hotel

On Avery Island by Neutral Milk Hotel

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Key Information
Artist: Neutral Milk Hotel
Record Label: Merge Records
Genre: Rock and Pop
Subgenre: Alternative
Release Date: March 26, 1996
Album Duration: 48m:06s
Number of Discs: 1
Song List: Disc 1
: 1. Song Against Sex
2. You've Passed
3. Someone Is Waiting
4. Baby For Pree, A
5. Marching Theme
6. Where You'll Find Me Now
7. Avery Island / April 1st
8. Gardenhead / Leave Me Alone
9. Three Peaches
10. Naomi
11. April 8th
12. Pree-Sisters Swallowing a Donkey's Eye
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Details: Personnel: Jeff Mangum (vocals, guitar, air organ, xylophone, Casio, drums, bells, tape loops); Rick Benjamin (trombone); Robert Schnieder (air organ, organ, bass, xylophone); Lisa Janssen (bass); Marisa Bissinger, Hilarie Sidney, Dane Terry, Aaron Reedy. Principally recorded at Elephant 6, Dane Terry and Marisa Bissinger's house, Denver, Colorado between February and May 1995. Though singer/songwriter/bandleader Jeff Magnum would refine his brilliant, quirky psych-folk to perfection on the majestic IN THE AEROPLANE OVER THE SEA, ON AVERY ISLAND--the first offering from Neutral Milk Hotel--is full of rich rewards. Magnum distinguishes himself from his fellow Elephant 6 cohorts Apples In Stereo and Olivia Tremor Control by trading sunshiny acid-dipped Beatles-esque pop for a somewhat edgier sound, centered (perhaps ironically) on acoustic guitar and introspective (albiet surreal and associative) lyrics. Punky squalls of distorted guitar, brass arrangements, a thick, muted rhythm section, and an onslaught ...
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