Neutral Milk Hotel was an American indie rock Jeff Mangum in the early 1990s. Later members included Jeremy Barnes , Scott Spillane and Julian Koster . Additional contributors included Robert Schneider , Laura Carter and other members of the EP Everything Is, a short collection of tracks featuring Mangum. On the band's full-length debut album On Avery Island, which followed shortly thereafter, Mangum was joined by Schneider, who contributed production and instrumentation. Neutral Milk Hotel released Pitchfork.