The reissue of Neutral Milk Hotel's cult classic offers another opportunity to measure its reach and influence. Jeff Mangum's masterpiece mixes hushed folk, explosive brass, and unforgettable vocals that touch on pain, loss, memory, and hope.

So, then, seven years later Domino reissues In the Aeroplane Over the Sea and the arguments can begin anew. I’ve talked about this album with a lot of people, including Pitchfork readers and music writers, and while it is loved in the indie world like few others, a small but still significant number despise it. Aeroplane doesn’t have the near-consensus of top-shelf 90s rock artifacts like, say, Loveless, OK Computer, or Slanted and Enchanted. These records are varied, of course, different in many ways. But in one key respect Aeroplane stands apart: This album is not cool.

七年之后，Domino再版了《In the Aeroplane Over the Sea》，于是，关于它的讨论又可以重新开始了。我曾经与许多人聊过这张专辑，其中包括Pitchfork的读者和音乐人，虽然它在独立音乐界得到了鲜有专辑可以比拟的广泛喜爱与认同，但仍有一小部分人并不喜欢它，数量不多，但很重要。《Aeroplane》并没有像《Loveless》、《OK Computer》或者《Slanted and Enchanted》这样的九十年代摇滚神专一样得到一致好评，上面这些神专都各有各的好，但是《Aeroplane》在一个很关键的方面和它们都不一样：它并不酷。