Hallelujah! New (to us) Neutral Milk Hotel songs

Yeah so today is my birthday and I can't imagine a greater gift from the internet than some newly released, previously unknown NMH songs. The story is that a girl named Shannon moved into Jeff Mangum's old house as he was moving out, and a roommate gave her some demo tapes that had been recorded there. She didn't realize that many of the songs on there haven't ever seen the light of day until very recently, and is in the process of making them available online as mp3s. As I'm sure you know, NMH is quite possibly everyone's favorite band, and in light of the fact that we quite likely will never ever ever see new material from Jeff, this is a big deal. You can read the complete story here, with links to some of the songs. My favorite one so far is "Now I'm Going Down" (uncomfirmed title).

MP3 Neutral Milk Hotel - Now I'm Going Down (from Shannon's Arty Arty)

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Posted by Mark Allen on Wednesday, November 30, 2005