{"title":"Kim Cooper","description":"\u003cp\u003eKim Cooper delves into the rich intersections of music and culture, offering readers insightful explorations of iconic albums and artistic movements. With a focus on vivid storytelling and thoughtful analysis, her work illuminates the enduring impact of creative expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a blend of cultural history and personal reflection, where music becomes a lens for understanding broader artistic and social currents. \u003cem\u003eNeutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e exemplifies her talent for capturing the emotional resonance and cultural significance of influential works.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"neutral-milk-hotels-in-the-aeroplane-over-the-sea-by-kim-cooper-9780826416902","title":"Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf all the recordings to emerge from the Athens-via-Denver collective called Elephant 6, Neutral Milk Hotel’s second album is the one that has worked its way under the most skins. \u003cem\u003eMagnet\u003c\/em\u003e magazine named it the best album of the 1990s, and \u003cem\u003eCreative Loafing\u003c\/em\u003e recently devoted a cover story to one fan’s quest to understand why band leader Jeff Mangum dropped out of sight soon after \u003cem\u003eAeroplane\u003c\/em\u003e’s release. The record sells steadily to an audience that finds it through word of mouth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWeird, beautiful, absorbing, difficult, \u003cem\u003eIn The Aeroplane Over the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e is a surrealist text loosely based on the life, suffering and reincarnation of Anne Frank, with guest appearances from a pair of Siamese twins menaced by the cold and carnivores, a two-headed boy bobbing in a jar, anthropomorphic vegetables and a variety of immature erotic horrors. Mangum sings his dreamlike narratives with a dreamer's intensity, his creaky, off-key voice occasionally breaking as he struggles to complete each dense couplet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe music is like nothing else in the 90s indie underground: a psychedelic brass band, its members self-taught, forging polychromatic washes of mood and tribute. The songs stick to one narrow key, the images repeat and circle back, and to listen is to be absorbed into a singular, heart-rending vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47426355069164,"sku":"9780826416902","price":21.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780826416902.jpg?v=1774767927"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/kim-cooper.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}