On Avery Island

On Avery Island
Original vinyl cover; releases on streaming services are cropped, only showing the photograph.
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 26, 1996
RecordedFebruary–May 1995
StudioPet Sounds Studio (Denver, Colorado
Dane Terry and Marisa Bissinger's home
Genre
Length47:58
LabelMerge
ProducerRobert Schneider
Neutral Milk Hotel chronology
Everything Is
(1993)
On Avery Island
(1996)
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
(1998)
Alternative cover
1996 Fire Records (UK) release

On Avery Island is the debut studio album by American rock band Neutral Milk Hotel, released on March 26, 1996, by Merge Records. At the time, Neutral Milk Hotel was a solo project of American musician Jeff Mangum, who recorded the album with producer Robert Schneider from February to May 1995. On Avery Island is an indie rock and psychedelic folk album, with a lo-fi sound.