April 12, 2021

Major Organ and the Adding Machine (self-titled) (w/ Jimm Warren)

2 hours 33 minutes

Today we have perhaps the greatest (and possibly only) indie-lofi-folk-punk all star team up of all time (change my mind). To start off we have Neutral Milk Hotel frontman Jeff Mangum singing so simple and sweet... followed by fellow Neutral Milk alum, and master of the musical saw, Julian Koster, and their producer from "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea", and inventor of the non-Pythagorean pitch scale, Robert Schneider. The last had nothing to do with Neutral Milk, but was important to indie folk at the time: Kevin Barnes from a little band called Of Montreal. They were all part of the Elephant 6 Collective, an indie record label that produced much of the indie-lofi-folk-punk from the 90s to 00s. In 2001, after the unexpected success of "In the Aeroplane...", Mangum and the gang decided to take a step back from conventional songwriting, and create something truly conceptual & out there, and very psychedelic. It was a soundtrack for a movie that didn't yet exist. And the movie was a trip. With the short film of the album release in 2008, you gleaned some context, but overall, for both iterations there's a lot to unpack. I definitely recommend watching the short film in the description if at any point you are lost with what we're saying...

We're continuing our month of the band Inspector 34 with Jimm Warren, lead singer and guitarist of Inspector 34! With Brad, Jon, and Jake!

Links from ep:

Inspector 34: https://inspector34.bandcamp.com/

Sad Milk Collective: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvUbpeHF5pg3uJOZgvpfnyg & patreon.com/sadmilkcollective

Major Organ and the Adding Machine trailer: https://youtu.be/E0sFwn7Lfgg

Major Organ and the Adding Machine full film: https://youtu.be/1ACue28LQYE