im not sure how i stumbled upon NMH, i think i had a best buy gift card and this band was recommended to me by a buddy of mine. Needless to say i took a shot in the dark at NMH and the rest is history. Jeff Mangum is god, rivaled only by Nick Drake in the songwriting department IMO. I've never heard so much raw emotion in an album, definitely one of the best ever. Two-Headed Boy Pt. 2 is great, it's the musical equivalent of perfection.
For those of you looking for a little more NMH beyond Aeroplane and Avery Island you can download UTorrent or some other torrent program and go on sites like isohunt.com or thepiratebay.org and there are some astoundingly huge collections of NMH material, including live recordings, unreleased songs, and songs that are incredibly hard to find elsewhere. It is 100% worth the download.
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