Some American

Song Of The Day: Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945

This one really doesn’t have any relevance to the here and now, beyond the fact that I can’t stop it spinning through my head. NMH, I’m ashamed to admit, are a new fascination of mine, and this track from their 1998 sophomore release In The Aeroplane Over The Sea seems to wrap everything that embodies their sound into one neat package.

Although the band has been on hiatus since just after the release of their second studio effort, NMH’s influence on a range of other acts (to my ears the Arcade Fire and the Decemberists seem to owe this band a great deal) has been well noted by music fans far and wide. Hints of a reunion have popped up here and there, but while nothing concrete has ever surfaced I can now say I count myself amongst the thousands who are waiting and hoping.