http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42632&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.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-Fien720Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:08:39 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42632&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.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://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034602&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Thu, 1 Jan 1998 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Neutral Milk Hotel on Rhapsody Online 2034602 tra.2034602 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 0.99 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 In The Aeroplane Over The Sea tra.2034602 202000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034602&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034602&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034600&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Thu, 1 Jan 1998 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Neutral Milk Hotel on Rhapsody Online 2034600 tra.2034600 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 0.99 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 The King Of Carrot Flowers, Pt. One tra.2034600 120000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034600&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034600&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034605&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Thu, 1 Jan 1998 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Neutral Milk Hotel on Rhapsody Online 2034605 tra.2034605 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 0.99 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 Holland, 1945 tra.2034605 192000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034605&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034605&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034603&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Thu, 1 Jan 1998 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Neutral Milk Hotel on Rhapsody Online 2034603 tra.2034603 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 0.99 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 Two-Headed Boy tra.2034603 266000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034603&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034603&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034601&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Thu, 1 Jan 1998 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Neutral Milk Hotel on Rhapsody Online 2034601 tra.2034601 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 0.99 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 The King Of Carrot Flowers, Pts. Two And Three tra.2034601 186000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034601&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034601&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034607&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Thu, 1 Jan 1998 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Neutral Milk Hotel on Rhapsody Online 2034607 tra.2034607 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 0.99 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 Oh Comely tra.2034607 498000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034607&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034607&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034604&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Thu, 1 Jan 1998 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Neutral Milk Hotel on Rhapsody Online 2034604 tra.2034604 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 0.99 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 The Fool tra.2034604 113000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034604&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034604&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034606&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Thu, 1 Jan 1998 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Neutral Milk Hotel on Rhapsody Online 2034606 tra.2034606 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 0.99 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 Communist Daughter tra.2034606 117000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034606&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034606&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034608&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Thu, 1 Jan 1998 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Neutral Milk Hotel on Rhapsody Online 2034608 tra.2034608 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 0.99 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 Ghost tra.2034608 248000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034608&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034608&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034768&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Thu, 1 Jan 1998 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Neutral Milk Hotel on Rhapsody Online 2034768 tra.2034768 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 0.99 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 (Untitled) tra.2034768 136000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034768&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034768&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034769&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Thu, 1 Jan 1998 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Neutral Milk Hotel on Rhapsody Online 2034769 tra.2034769 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 0.99 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 Two-Headed Boy Pt. Two tra.2034769 314000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034769&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2034769&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967664&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Mon, 1 Jan 1996 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Neutral Milk Hotel on Rhapsody Online 1967664 tra.1967664 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 0.99 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 Song Against Sex tra.1967664 220000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967664&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967664&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967669&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Mon, 1 Jan 1996 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967667&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967667&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967665&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Mon, 1 Jan 1996 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Neutral Milk Hotel on Rhapsody Online 1967665 tra.1967665 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 0.99 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 You've Passed tra.1967665 174000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967665&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967665&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967674&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Mon, 1 Jan 1996 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Neutral Milk Hotel on Rhapsody Online 1967674 tra.1967674 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 0.99 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 April 8th tra.1967674 167000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967674&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967674&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6909122&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Mon, 1 Jan 2001 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Neutral Milk Hotel on Rhapsody Online 6909122 tra.6909122 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 0.99 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 Everything Is tra.6909122 221000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6909122&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6909122&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967673&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Mon, 1 Jan 1996 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Neutral Milk Hotel on Rhapsody Online 1967673 tra.1967673 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 0.99 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 Naomi tra.1967673 293000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967673&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967673&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967672&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Mon, 1 Jan 1996 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Neutral Milk Hotel on Rhapsody Online 1967672 tra.1967672 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 0.99 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 Three Peaches tra.1967672 241000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967672&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967672&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967670&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Mon, 1 Jan 1996 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Neutral Milk Hotel on Rhapsody Online 1967670 tra.1967670 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 0.99 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 Avery Island / April 1st tra.1967670 108000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967670&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967670&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967671&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Mon, 1 Jan 1996 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Neutral Milk Hotel on Rhapsody Online 1967671 tra.1967671 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 0.99 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 Gardenhead / Leave Me Alone tra.1967671 194000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967671&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967671&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967668&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Mon, 1 Jan 1996 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Neutral Milk Hotel on Rhapsody Online 1967668 tra.1967668 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 0.99 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 Marching Theme tra.1967668 178000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967668&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967668&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967666&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Mon, 1 Jan 1996 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Neutral Milk Hotel on Rhapsody Online 1967666 tra.1967666 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 0.99 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 Someone Is Waiting tra.1967666 151000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967666&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1967666&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6909123&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Mon, 1 Jan 2001 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Neutral Milk Hotel on Rhapsody Online 6909123 tra.6909123 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 0.99 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 Snow Song Pt. 1 tra.6909123 230000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6909123&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6909123&variant=data&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6909124&variant=play&rws=%2Fneutral-milk-hotel%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Mon, 1 Jan 2001 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Neutral Milk Hotel on Rhapsody Online 6909124 tra.6909124 Neutral Milk Hotel art.42632 0.99 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 Aunt Eggma Blowtorch tra.6909124 299000 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