Album: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
Genre: Indie | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Theatrical
Format: Album

Description: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is the second album by American indie rock band Neutral Milk Hotel. It was released in the United States on February 10, 1998 on Merge Records and May 1998 on Blue Rose Records in the United Kingdom.
Jeff Mangum moved from Athens, Georgia to Denver, Colorado to prepare the bulk of the album's material with producer Robert Schneider, this time at Schneider's newly created Pet Sounds Studio at the home of Jim McIntyre. The album was the sixth-best-selling vinyl album in 2008.

Artist Background: Neutral Milk Hotel was an American indie rock band formed in Ruston, Louisiana by singer, guitarist, and songwriter Jeff Mangum in the late 1980s. The band is noted for its experimental sound, abstract lyrics and eclectic instrumentation. The first release under the Neutral Milk Hotel moniker was the 1994 EP Everything Is, a short collection of tracks featuring Mangum. On the band's full-length debut album On Avery Island, which followed shortly thereafter, Mangum was joined by childhood frie... Part of the Ruston, Louisiana; Athens, Georgia, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Indie Rock movement. Known for Folk style.

Related Artists: The Microphones, Car Seat Headrest, The Olivia Tremor Control, Elliot Smith

Music Scene: Part of the Ruston, Louisiana; Athens, Georgia, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Indie Rock movement. Known for Folk style.

Tags: Indie, Rock/Pop, Theatrical, 1990s, Album

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In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is the second album by American indie rock band Neutral Milk Hotel. It was released in the United States on February 10, 1998 on Merge Records and May 1998 on Blue Rose Records in the United Kingdom.
Jeff Mangum moved from Athens, Georgia to Denver, Colorado to prepare the bulk of the album's material with producer Robert Schneider, this time at Schneider's newly created Pet Sounds Studio at the home of Jim McIntyre. The album was the sixth-best-selling vinyl album in 2008.

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