Released December 12, 2011 Genre Folk rock, lo-fi | Format 7" Vinyl Length 10:38 | |
Recorded December 1998 – January 1999 Label Neutral Milk Hotel Records | ||
Little Birds is the fourth single by American psychedelic folk band Neutral Milk Hotel, released in 2011 as part of their Walking Wall of Words compilation package which contains two versions of the previously unreleased song. Both the studio version and the live version were performed solely by Jeff Mangum. The studio version of the song was recorded by friend and regular collaborator Robert Schneider and engineered by Craig Morris while the live version of the song was recorded by filmmaker and cinematographer Lance Bangs. The record is dedicated to University of Wyoming murder victim Matthew Shepard. The album art was designed by Mangum and Mark Ohe.
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Background
"Little Birds" is one of the only two known songs by Neutral Milk Hotel written after the release of In the Aeroplane over the Sea of which a recorded version exists. It is also the only post-Aeroplane song that has been performed in public. Jeff Mangum played the song live and before the song described what it was about:
Track listing
"Little Birds"
"Little Birds" (Live)