Of all the recordings to emerge from the Athens-via-Denver collective called Elephant 6; Neutral Milk Hotels second album is the one that has worked its way under the most skins. Magnet magazine named it the best album of the 1990s; and Creative Loafing recently devoted a cover story to one fans quest to understand why band leader Jeff Mangum dropped outof sight soon after Aeroplanes release. The record sells steadily to an audience that finds it through word of mouth. Weird; beautiful; absorbing; difficult; In The Aeroplane Over the Seais a surrealist text loosely based on the life; suffering and reincarnation of Anne Frank; with guest appearances from a pair ofSiamese twins menaced by the cold and carnivores; a two-headed boy bobbing in a jar; anthropomorphic vegetables and a variety of immature erotic horrors. Mangum sings his dreamlike narratives with a dreamers intensity; his creaky; off key voice occasionally breaking as he struggles to complete each dense couplet. The music is like nothing else in the 90s indie underground: a psychedelic brass band; its members self-taught; forging polychromatic washes of mood and tribute. The songs stick to one narrow key; the images repeat and circle back; and to listen is to be absorbed into a singular; heart-rending vision.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy CustomerExcellent!2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Excellent introduction to a complex theoryBy JibraelThis little volumne has proven invaluable in helping me get a grasp on the complexities of post-structural philosophy. Many points of view and topics are broken down; but never watered down; the full range of the theory and its chief promoters are explained in thorough but compact detail. I highly recommend it.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Cory K.Great!
