Jeff has been selling new artwork on his website, titled The Book Cipher Sings. Fans are just getting them in and apparently they say "Double Album" (at the top if you go upwards) & "Double LP"("Double" at top and "LP" upside down under the faces)
Other alleged clues from Reddit: The purchase page descriptions refer to the art as "steganography", which is in and of itself "the practice of concealing messages or information within other nonsecret text or data." -There's a lot of "1st" "2nd" "3rd" spheres. The "1st" and "2nd" have only 1 ring (single albums). The "3rd" one has two rings and the word "double" appears a lot too. -"Magicicada cassini" is a locust that appears every 17 years and is due to return in 2017 in Northern Georgia. "Cassini Huygens" is a spacecraft that was sent out about 18 years ago and is expected to end its mission in 2017.
This could be the thing I never even dared to dream would happen. I'm giddy at the prospect of this, but if nothing comes of it, I won't be disappointed either. NMH, Jawbreaker, Fugazi, The Smiths, all are bands I never expect to get back together
I am selling my rare Neutral Milk Hotel records on Ebay. I just posted "Everything Is/Snow Song Pt One" from Cher Doll Records NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL 7" RECORD- Everything Is/Snow Song part 1- LIMITED CHER DOLL | eBay Tomorrow I'll be posting - Those Pre-Phylloxera Years comp 7"(Box Dog), Champagne Dancing Party Comp 7"(Cher Doll), and The Amazing Phantom Third Channel comp 7" (Cher Doll) plus a bunch more indie rock records! Thanks! Christie NearsightedRevolution
Selling RARE Neutral Milk Hotel 7" records on Ebay. Go to NearsightedRevolutions Ebay page to see - Everything Is 7"(Cher Doll), Those Pre-Phylloxera Years comp 7"(Box Dog), Champagne Dancing Party comp 7" (Cher Doll) and The Amazing Phantom Third Channel comp 7" (Cher Doll). Only open until December 11, 2016!
This might be old news to some but just found this reddit thread quashing ideas of a new album: New drawings, new clues • /r/neutralmilkhotel Damn
I got this for Christmas. Even though I'm disappointed there's probably not a new NMH album, it's still pretty sweet to have something so pretty personally drawn by my favourite musician of all time.
I'm sure this anniversary will prompt some to revisit/check out this record. It sucks that for some reason the version on Spotify has random live versions of songs. My vinyl is too scratched up. Some good content Neutral Milk Hotel's 'In The Aeroplane Over The Sea' Turns 20
Saw NMH 3 nights in a row in London and it wasn't enough so I went to Paris the day after for night 4. That was a week.
I dream that they will still play some more shows one day, but I wont' hold your breath. I think I missed my chance. I almost exclusively listen to this album on vinyl. I think it's one of those albums that truly benefits from vinyl, especially since it absolutely should be listened to in full.
In my sophomore year of high school I had tickets to see them during that reunion tour and my friend who was my ride bailed and at the time I had pretty show going anxiety anyway so I didn't get to see them. I should've fucking walked
In case you've never read why he closed his show with that song Here’s why Stephen Colbert played Neutral Milk Hotel’s “Holland, 1945” to close The Colbert Report
Been listening to On Avery Island a lot recently and that album's a lot better than I thought it was.
I didn’t hear these guys until a few tears ago, but Aeroplane was the first vinyl I purchased when I started collecting records. So so good.