Date: February 21st, 2008 6:18 PM Author: Comical step-uncle's house fanboi
Released a little over 10 years ago. Pitchfork has a few Mangum interviews up right now celebrating the 10 years.
Jesus Christ, this album is fucking amazing. I know its been said a billion times before, but seriously. This album will hold up for the rest of time. My god.
Date: February 21st, 2008 6:30 PM Author: Comical step-uncle's house fanboi
"The take for "Oh Comely" used on the final album actually started as a test;[1] producer Robert Schneider, the three other members of Neutral Milk Hotel and various Elephant 6 performers were listening to Mangum play the song in the Pet Sounds Studio control room, assuming he was just checking how the microphone sounded. The crowd was surprised when Mangum ended up playing the entire eight-minute song in one go, and the room erupted in cheers and applause when he finished. At the very end of the song, an almost inaudible exclamation of "holy shit" can be heard, believed to be Scott Spillane."
What's amazing is the fact that nobody cared about this album when it came out. I used to listen to this shit all the time, the rest of you are all posers. You are all johnny come latelys who think you are hip.
No, just irascibly drunk beyond all repair. It is true though. I couldn't fucking get anybody to listen to that shit when it first came out, now suddenly it's a trend setter.