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Endless Endless - A Lo-Fi History of the Elephant 6 Mystery (Hardcover)
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Endless Endless - A Lo-Fi History of the Elephant 6 Mystery (Hardcover)
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Years after its release, Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over
the Sea remains one of the most beloved and best-selling albums in
all of indie music, hailed as a classic so influential as to be
almost synonymous with the ongoing vinyl revival. But despite its
outsized impact, a question looms even larger: why did frontman
Jeff Mangum, just as the record propelled him to the brink of music
superstardom, choose instead to disappear entirely? The mystery has
perplexed listeners for decades-until now. In barely two years,
Neutral Milk Hotel rose from house show obscurity in Athens,
Georgia, to widespread hype and critical acclaim, selling out rock
clubs across the country and gracing the tops of numerous year-end
best-of lists. But just as his band was reaching the escape
velocity necessary to ascend from indie rock success to mainstream
superstar, Mangum hit the eject button. After the 1998 release of
Aeroplane and a worldwide tour to support it, Mangum stopped
playing shows, releasing new music, or even doing interviews. He
never explained why, not even to his friends or colleagues, but
thanks to both the strength of Aeroplane and his vexing decision to
walk away from rock stardom, Neutral Milk Hotel's impact only grew
from there. In Endless Endless, Adam Clair finds the answer to
indie rock's biggest mystery, which turns out to be much more
complicated and fascinating than the myths or popular speculation
would have you believe. To understand Mangum and Neutral Milk Hotel
and Aeroplane requires a deep dive into the unconventional inner
workings of the mercurial collective from which they emerged, the
legendary Elephant 6 Recording Company. Endless Endless details the
rise and fall of this radical music scene, the lives and
relationships of the and the colossal influence that still radiates
from it, centered around the collective's accidental figurehead,
one of the most idolized and misunderstood artists in the world,
presenting Mangum and his collaborators in vividly human detail and
shining a light into the secret world of these extraordinary and
aggressively bizarre artists. Endless Endless offers unprecedented
access to this notoriously mysterious collective, featuring more
than 100 new interviews and dozens of forgotten old ones, along
with never-before-seen photos, answering questions that have
persisted for decades while also provoking new ones. In this deeply
researched account, Endless Endless examines not just how the
Elephant 6 came to be so much more than the sum of its parts, but
how community can foster art-and how art can build community.
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