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  FIRELP53Long Player  £15.00

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Fire

Neutral Milk Hotel

On Avery Island

Fire Records re-press Neutral Milk Hotel s explosive 1996 debut On Avery Island . Jeff Mangum's songs are cryptic and crazed, his ideas fast and furious, and together they force the home-recording concept out of the basement and into a brave new world, a fuzzy masterpiece of experimental lo-fi recording. Full of rapid-fire wordplay with true and heartfelt experimentation, both ambitious and eclectic, it's not hard to see why this has been such an influential album. Part of the fabled Elephant 6 collective, Neutral Milk Hotel won over many a music critic with this cult classic. The band are recognized as one of the most influential alternative acts to come out of the mid-90s and sowed the seeds for everything from anti-folk to the likes of Arcade Fire, Caribou and even Franz Ferdinand.

Tracklist

• 1. Song Against Sex
  2. You've Passed
  3. Someone Is Waiting
  4. A Baby For Pree
  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
  13. Everything Is
  14. Snow Song Pt 1