This is one of my all-time favorite albums—so much so that I got a piece of its artwork tattooed on my body! I was lucky enough to see Jeff Mangum, the band’s lead singer and primary songwriter, perform live in 2011, and the full band in 2014.
Make sure to check out Pitchfork’s six-and-a-half-minute video, An Animated Look at Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea and Classic Album Sundays' The Story of Neutral Milk Hotel 'In the Aeroplane Over the Sea'.
