Trying to describe the reasons why Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is so great is like trying to describe what cologne smells like to a grasshopper. It takes hours to fully explain its greatness (not that cologne is great ...more
Pitch Fork Media
So, then, seven years later Domino reissues In the Aeroplane Over the Sea and the arguments can begin anew. I've talked about this album with a lot of people, including Pitchfork readers and music writers, and while it is loved in the indie world ...more
All Music Guide
Perhaps best likened to a marching band on an acid trip, Neutral Milk Hotel's second album is another quixotic sonic parade; lo-fi yet lush, impenetrable yet wholly accessible,In the Aeroplane Over the Seais either the work of a genius or an ...more
Drowned In Sound
This album came out around the summer of 1998, but I felt guilty about not reviewing it, so I'm finally putting up a review on in hopes that at least one other person goes out and picks up this disc and gets as much enjoyment out of it as I have. ...more
Almost Cool
This album came out around the summer of 1998, but I felt guilty about not reviewing it, so I'm finally putting up a review on in hopes that at least one other person goes out and picks up this disc and gets as much enjoyment out of it as I have. ...more
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