Jeff Mangum wrote this song about Naomi Yang from the band Galaxie 500, who later wrote that she had discovered the song when someone from Neutral Milk Hotel handed her the LP and told her that the song is about her. In February 2023, an unofficial music video she created for the song in 2011 was released with the band's blessing. She had this to say about the song: " How do you direct a video for a song that was written about you? The first member of Neutral Milk Hotel I met was saw player Julian Koster. Our bands were each playing the psychedelic Terrastock festival, a… read more
Jeff Mangum wrote this song about Naomi Yang from the band Galaxie 500, who later wrote that she had discovered the song when someone from Neutral Mi… read more
Jeff Mangum wrote this song about Naomi Yang from the band Galaxie 500, who later wrote that she had discovered the song when someone from Neutral Milk Hotel handed her the LP and told h… read more
Neutral Milk Hotel was an American indie rock band formed by singer, guitarist, and songwriter Jeff Mangum in 1989 in Ruston, Louisiana. On the band's full-length albums, Mangum played with a number of other musicians, notably Jeremy Barnes (drums), Scott Spillane (horns), Julian Koster (musical saw/banjo/accordion/bass guitar) and producer-instrumentalist Robert Schneider. Neutral Milk Hotel was one of the original members of the Elephant Six Collective, based in Athens, Georgia. The outfit went on hiatus in 1998. In 2013, the band made a reunion tour and subsequently played c… read more
Neutral Milk Hotel was an American indie rock band formed by singer, guitarist, and songwriter Jeff Mangum in 1989 in Ruston, Louisiana. On the band's full-length albums, Mangum played… read more
Neutral Milk Hotel was an American indie rock band formed by singer, guitarist, and songwriter Jeff Mangum in 1989 in Ruston, Louisiana. On the band's full-length albums, Mangum played with a number of other musicians, notably Jer…read more