Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island

soniclovenoize · 08-11-2004, 12:38 AM

I got this last week and it's pretty good! Not as fucking brilliant as Aeroplane Over The Sea, but it's still quite a good record. The vocals seem a bit far back in the mix and not as up-front as they should be in my opinion. There's a lot of air organ on this record... Song Against Sex, April 8th and Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone are all great songs, though. There's a new Neutral Milk Hotel demo that surfaced not long ago (supposedly recorded at the same time as Everything Is) with this awesome version of April 8th that's much better than the On Avery Island version...

Well, anyways, you don't see many posts about this album, so here's one.

Isle · 08-11-2004, 04:41 AM

cool thanks. i loved in the aeroplane, but i never got round to hearing this

Lie · 08-11-2004, 08:08 AM

Whoo!

spa ced · 08-11-2004, 11:24 AM

Yeah someone told me it was only half great so I didn't listen to it right after hearing In The Aeroplane Over The Sea. I am never going to listen to people ever again. It's a great record. My personal favorite is Naomi.

pink_ribbon_scars · 08-11-2004, 11:35 AM

I've got to buy that and the others. I always forget about NMH when I go into a record store.

soniclovenoize · 08-11-2004, 12:48 PM

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Originally posted by spa ced
Yeah someone told me it was only half great so I didn't listen to it right after hearing In The Aeroplane Over The Sea. I am never going to listen to people ever again. It's a great record. My personal favorite is Naomi.

Yes, that's exactly it! It's like hearing Sgt. Pepper first, then never getting around to listening to Help!. But Help! is a great recrod and deserves your attention also...

On Avery Island still has the Neutral Milk Hotel sound to it... Mangum's unique songwriting and vocal style, acoustic guitar, fuzz bass, air organ and trumpet... but no zanzithophone.

As I had said, not every song is a gem like on Aeroplane, but there's a number of songs that are worth the price alone. And yes, Naomi is a great song, but the vocals are to far back for me to enjoy it...

What I really want is a bootleg of this tour with the Aeroplane band lineup performing the Avery Island Songs... The Mangum/Koster/Spillane/Barnes lineup.

My next buy would be the Jeff mangum live at Jittery Joes disc... I have a track from that on an Orange Twin sampler (aka present-day Elephant 6 sampler) and it sounds sweet as fuck! I'm also trying to track down The Music Tapes, Major Organ and The Adding Machine and the two Gerbils albums...

I think all I listen to know is Elephant 6.

Lie · 08-11-2004, 07:17 PM

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Originally posted by soniclovenoize
I think all I listen to know is Elephant 6.

Consider yourself lucky if all that occurs as a result of that is extraneous "k"s.

soniclovenoize · 08-11-2004, 07:44 PM

James is Cool · 08-11-2004, 11:09 PM

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Originally posted by pink_ribbon_scars
I've got to buy that and the others. I always forget about NMH when I go into a record store.

Ha. I do this too. Weird.

Lie · 08-11-2004, 11:43 PM

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Originally posted by James is Cool
Ha. I do this too. Weird.

Whoa, no way. You guys must have some sort of intense spiritual link. You should totally meet up and fuck each other.

Irrelevant · 08-11-2004, 11:47 PM

reading this thread turned me gay.

howdy

relaxor! · 08-12-2004, 06:08 AM

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Originally posted by Lie

Consider yourself lucky if all that occurs as a result of that is extraneous "k"s.

Guy got off easy!

Sammiches · 08-12-2004, 03:33 PM

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Originally posted by soniclovenoize
I got this last week and it's pretty good! Not as fucking brilliant as Aeroplane Over The Sea, but it's still quite a good record. The vocals seem a bit far back in the mix and not as up-front as they should be in my opinion. There's a lot of air organ on this record... Song Against Sex, April 8th and Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone are all great songs, though. There's a new Neutral Milk Hotel demo that surfaced not long ago (supposedly recorded at the same time as Everything Is) with this awesome version of April 8th that's much better than the On Avery Island version...

Well, anyways, you don't see many posts about this album, so here's one.

What's the new demo called? Is it available in stores?

James is Cool · 08-12-2004, 04:25 PM

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Originally posted by Lie

Whoa, no way. You guys must have some sort of intense spiritual link. You should totally meet up and fuck each other.

Hey, cool. Sounds awesome.

soniclovenoize · 08-13-2004, 10:42 AM

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Originally posted by Irrelevant
reading this thread turned me gay.

howdy

Well, you know, fate has a way of catching up with you...

soniclovenoize · 08-13-2004, 10:52 AM

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Originally posted by Sammiches

What's the new demo called? Is it available in stores?

No no no... It's a bootleg. Mp3s surfaced mysteriously on Soulseek incorrectly labeled as the Synthetic Flying Machine demo. Will Cullen Hart verified that it is *not* Synthetic Flying Machine, but just Jeff Mangum. On the demo is the same recordings of "Everything Is" and "Aunt Egma's Blowtorch" that are on that single, so I assume this is the demo tape that Jeff gave China Doll records in Seattle that got him the single deal. The more awesome version of "April 8th" is on there and a handful of totally unknown and unheard songs.

You can download mp3s of it at: http://www.everythingisfire.com/nmh.html
That site also has the first three demo tapes (Invent Yourself A Shortcake, Beauty and Hype City Soundtrack) for yer listening pleasure!

Lie · 08-13-2004, 08:34 PM

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Originally posted by Sean Casey
ahem

CHEW ON SOME MAN GUM

Most men ejaculate liquid. I don't know what's wrong with you.

08-11-2004, 12:38 AM	#1
soniclovenoize Minion of Satan Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 5,516	Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island I got this last week and it's pretty good! Not as fucking brilliant as Aeroplane Over The Sea, but it's still quite a good record. The vocals seem a bit far back in the mix and not as up-front as they should be in my opinion. There's a lot of air organ on this record... Song Against Sex, April 8th and Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone are all great songs, though. There's a new Neutral Milk Hotel demo that surfaced not long ago (supposedly recorded at the same time as Everything Is) with this awesome version of April 8th that's much better than the On Avery Island version... Well, anyways, you don't see many posts about this album, so here's one.

08-11-2004, 11:24 AM	#4
spa ced Braindead Location: Machu Picchu Posts: 15,291	Yeah someone told me it was only half great so I didn't listen to it right after hearing In The Aeroplane Over The Sea. I am never going to listen to people ever again. It's a great record. My personal favorite is Naomi. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. No contaban con mi astucia!

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08-11-2004, 04:41 AM	#2
Isle Braindead Location: Unison Posts: 19,375	cool thanks. i loved in the aeroplane, but i never got round to hearing this

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Lie Socialphobic Location: Goin' out West where they'll appreciate me Posts: 10,001	Whoo!

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pink_ribbon_scars At the beginning Location: GJ 1214 b Posts: 10,760	I've got to buy that and the others. I always forget about NMH when I go into a record store.

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Irrelevant Minion of Satan Location: kitties Posts: 6,842	reading this thread turned me gay. howdy