Neutral Milk Hotel announce comeback tour

Nicholas Chupka
Staff Writer

  

The album cover of In the Areoplane Over the Sea.

If you have any interest in indie music at all, then you most likely already know of Neutral Milk Hotel. A recent announcement posted on the official Neutral Milk Hotel website, walkingwallofwords.com, should have many fans excited. The iconic singer-songwriter and founding member of the band, Jeff Mangum, has just finished wrapping up his solo tour and announced late last month that he would be reuniting with his former band mates to play a five-show world tour beginning this October.

The band began as the solo recording project of Mangum while he was living in Athens, Georgia. Mangum released his first LP On Avery Island in 1996. Soon after, Neutral Milk Hotel became a full band and began recording their 1998 breakthrough LP In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, which has been widely regarded by critics as one of the greatest albums of all time.

The band will be playing in five very different locations during their tour, including one stop in Asheville’s Mountain Oasis Festival. Ticket information and dates can be found on the band’s website.

http://walkingwallofwords.com/tour.html