http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42632&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Fdiscography.rssFor all their experimental detours and garnish, Neutral Milk Hotel's songs display, at their core, great songwriting in the traditional sense, like the late-career Beatles and Beach Boys. Emotionally evocative melodies and lovely vocals move through songs with memorable grace. When listening to these songs, however, you'd be hard-pressed to find a Western instrument not represented in their elaborate, Lo-Fi orchestrations. A muffled trap kit, a singing saw, a desperate voice, an accordion, a squawking flugelhorn, and various electronics help compile an endless list of noise makers that play in the margins between a chaotic, "everybody come to our house and jam" sound and meticulous song construction. These disparate sounds are then brought together as if resounding off a basement's wood-panelled walls and soiled shag carpet, or echoing out of a converted-barn studio. Neutral Milk Hotel's sound is far from gleaming Los Angeleno production, but to polish away their oxidized patina would be to erase their immediacy and simple rustic beauty. - Marc KateLo-Fien720Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:36:08 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42632&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Fdiscography.rss For all their experimental detours and garnish, Neutral Milk Hotel's songs display, at their core, great songwriting in the traditional sense, like the late-career Beatles and Beach Boys. Emotionally evocative melodies and lovely vocals move through songs with memorable grace. When listening to these songs, however, you'd be hard-pressed to find a Western instrument not represented in their elaborate, Lo-Fi orchestrations. A muffled trap kit, a singing saw, a desperate voice, an accordion, a squawking flugelhorn, and various electronics help compile an endless list of noise makers that play in the margins between a chaotic, "everybody come to our house and jam" sound and meticulous song construction. These disparate sounds are then brought together as if resounding off a basement's wood-panelled walls and soiled shag carpet, or echoing out of a converted-barn studio. Neutral Milk Hotel's sound is far from gleaming Los Angeleno production, but to polish away their oxidized patina would be to erase their immediacy and simple rustic beauty. - Marc Kate http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.6886779&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Fdiscography.rss Lo-Fi Mon, 1 Jan 2001 00:00:00 -0800 Neutral Milk Hotel Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.6886779 alb.6886779 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 3.99 Everything Is alb.6886779 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/1/0/0/680015_170x170.jpg 2001-01-01 00:00:00.0 2001-01-01 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.6886779&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.6886779&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.313120&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Fdiscography.rss Lo-Fi Thu, 1 Jan 1998 00:00:00 -0800 Neutral Milk Hotel Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.313120 alb.313120 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 8.99 In The Aeroplane Over The Sea alb.313120 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/7/5/3/393570_170x170.jpg 1998-01-01 00:00:00.0 1998-01-01 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.313120&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.313120&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.229253&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Fdiscography.rss Lo-Fi Sun, 1 Jan 1995 00:00:00 -0800 Neutral Milk Hotel Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.229253 alb.229253 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 8.99 On Avery Island alb.229253 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/4/4/7/387442_170x170.jpg 1995-01-01 00:00:00.0 1996-01-01 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.229253&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.229253&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Fdiscography.rss