Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

One of the original bands in the Elephant Six Collective, I came to know Neutral Milk Hotel through my interest in other bands like Beulah, Apples in Stereo and Olivia Tremor Control (the perfect band to listen to in a hotel in Amsterdam, BTW.)

Anyway, getting inside Jeff Magnum's head is quite a trip. He often disguises meloncholly lyrics under power pop riffs about tales of ghosts and carrot flowers and two-headed boys.