Jeff Mangum resurfaces after years of obscurity

[PsychicHeart]

Jeff Mangum (who no one has heard of since Neutral Milk Hotel's final album, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea) has popped up into the music realm after years and years of total musical obscurity (with Aeroplane released about 12 years ago), contributing a cover song called 'Sign the Dotted Line' to a Chris Knox tribute album.

Reclusive Neutral Milk Hotel leader Jeff Mangum hasn't released any new music in forever, so any news of a new Mangum track is a big deal. In July, we reported that Mangum would show up on Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox, a tribute album dedicated to New Zealand indie forefather and stroke survivor Chris Knox. But when the tracklist for the New Zealand release of Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox came out last month, Mangum wasn't on it.

Well, good news: Mangum is on the U.S. version of the album, which is out now digitally via Merge. (Physical copies are due February 23.) Mangum covers "Sign the Dotted Line", a song by Knox's band Tall Dwarfs.

I'm not sure if there are any Mangum/Neutral Milk fans on the forums, but I just thought this was kind of interesting.
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[MrColossal]

I have no idea who Chris Knox and why we are tributing him but I quite love Neutral Milk Hotel!

Thanks for posting.

[monkey0506]

I dunno I always preferred Aggressive Orange Juice Hostel myself...

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No...I have no idea who NMH is/are/were. Or Jeff Mangum. Haha.

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[I_AM_RESISTY]

I honestly don't know who any of those people are.
I'm going t look them up know, though.

[LGM]

Sad that it's a cover. I've always been holding out to a successor for to Aeroplane but I think too much time has passed at this point. Oh well.