Pitchfork

You never know when that crazy guy who used to live in your apartment and painted the walls paisley will turn out to be one of the most revered figures in indie rock.

A woman named Shannon Palmer, who occupied the same Louisiana house as Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum (as well as Olivia Tremor Control's John Fernandes), recently discovered a tape given to her by Fernandes 11 years ago. Through the Elephant 6 message board, Palmer learned that the tape (dubbed \x93Shannon's Monroe House demos\x94) contained previously unheard NMH demos.

NeutralMilkHotel.org founder Gavin Bachner helped Palmer make the music available to all, and his site is currently offering one song, \x93Arm So Real\x94, for download. Palmer has three tracks, \x93Gardenhead\x94, \x93Circle of Friends\x94, and \x93Now I'm Going Dowx94 (the latter is an unconfirmed title), available from her blog, Shannox92s Arty Arty. \x93Dead Dog\x94 is currently posted on You Aix92t No Picasso, and \x93Say Goodnight\x94 (also an unconfirmed title) is available from My Old Kentucky Blog.

Once all of the song titles are confirmed, the entire demo cassette will be accessible from Palmer's blog and NeutralMilkHotel.org.

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