O Neutral Milk Hotel (auto-descrito "fuzz folk") foi um dos principais projetos da gravadora Elephant 6, um círculo de grupos de música lo-fi independente com propostas parecidas, incluindo The Apples in Stereo, Olivia Tremor Control e Secret Square - que dividiam músicos, ideias e sensibilidades. Neutral Milk Hotel foi formado por Jeff Mangum, um cantor/compositor da remota cidade de Ruston, LA e Robert Schneider (que mais tarde faria parte do Apples in Stereo), bem como William Cullen Hart e Bill Doss (que formou o Olivia Tremor Control).
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
this song is simple as pie, chord-wise. if you're familiar with the song (which I assume you are, because if you have an interest in neutral milk hotel you most likely listen to them obsessively) then this is cake. enjoy.
C all I perceive is wasted and broken F silvery streams, sacred when spoken C slam into me and into the ditch of de- F bris... and you C smoke in the park and sleep in the greenery F everyone barks and they are all still believing, to C tear out your heart would send all your secrets to F me... but I let you Em down, and swollen and F small is where you'll find me Em now, with that silver stripping F off from my tongue you're tearing Em out, and you'll never hear me FG talk...
<I will glow" bit is - yep, you guessed it - just C and F alternating. you may be feeling gypped by how easy this is, but remember: it's all in the delivery. one lyric has to flow seamlessly and expressively into the next, so make sure you're comfortable with singing this before you head off to try to impress girls with it.>>