Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea
This album has perplexed me since I had first listened to it. Along with Sigur Rós, Neutral Milk Hotel was a band that I just did not get when I was younger. When I first listened to them in fact, I found their music boring and their singer obnoxious. To me, this was just some hipster band people listened to for the sake of sounding superior. I revisited this album recently, and I was surprised when I was actually enjoying what I was listening to. I was shocked because I still do not get what makes this album "work".
The music is still relatively simple. I can appreciate their singer, Jeff Mangum, now more than I did previously, but I still think there are better singers out there and that he can be very polarizing. Their lyrics are still cryptic and difficult to relate to. Despite all of this though, I'm still attracted to their music, more so every time I listen to this record.
Whenever I hear the opening track, "King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1", part of me just wants to start singing along, though I don't know all of the lyrics yet. Listening to the entire album just gives off such a feeling of completeness. I don't know what adventure I went on, or what happened on it, but something great happened because I feel fantastic.
Maybe I'll just realize it later. Maybe the album's greatness lies in its simplicity and I just don't see it yet. Maybe there is a more complex issue that I'm not getting, but this is a great album, even it does take some time to get used to it.
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