Question: Who formed the band that firstly recorded "Everything Is"?
Context: "Distant Past" is a song recorded by British indie pop band Everything Everything.  The track was released in the United Kingdom by Sony on 18 February 2015 as the lead single from the band's third studio album, "Get to Heaven".  It was written by band members Jonathan Higgs, Jeremy Pritchard, Michael Spearman, and Alex Robertshaw, and was produced by Stuart Price.  The song, like much of the album it appears on, reflects on the events of 2014, with chief songwriter Higgs explaining that it "[looks] at the fact that history repeats itself". Cool to Be You is the sixth studio album by the American punk rock band the Descendents, released in 2004 through Fat Wreck Chords.  It was their first album of new studio material since 1996's "Everything Sucks", which had been released through Epitaph Records.  Following "Everything Sucks", singer Milo Aukerman had returned to his biochemistry career while the other members—bassist Karl Alvarez, guitarist Stephen Egerton, and drummer Bill Stevenson—had continued with their other band All, releasing two more studio albums and a live album through Epitaph between 1998 and 2001 with singer Chad Price.  "Cool to Be You" was recorded with Aukerman in 2002, but its release was delayed until 2004.  The band switched from Epitaph to Fat Wreck Chords partly due to the enthusiasm of label head Fat Mike, who cited the Descendents as one of his favorite bands.  "Cool to Be You" became the fourth Descendents release to chart, reaching #143 on the "Billboard" 200 and #6 amongst independent albums. Everything Is was the first recording mass-released by Neutral Milk Hotel, at that point still largely an outlet for the songwriting of Jeff Mangum instead of a fully formed band.  The recording was originally the second release on the fledgling Seattle label Cher Doll Records in 1994.  The label in the form of a 7", with "Everything Is" as the A side, and "Snow Song, Pt. 1" as the B side.  The first 50 7"s pressed also featured different artwork, with each sleeve being personally xeroxed by Mangum.  The Cher Doll edition is now out of print. Music For Drifters is the official release of the soundtrack to the 1929 documentary "Drifters", credited for kickstarting the "documentary" film genre.  The soundtrack, commissioned in 2013 by the Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival, was composed by the Sunderland band Field Music.  The composition is the first of their works to feature pianist Andrew Moore since 2007's "Tones Of Town".  After touring the film accompanied by the band playing the soundtrack live around the UK, the composition was recorded and released firstly on vinyl for Record Store Day 2015 (limited to 750 copies), and then digitally in July 2015. Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed is the third full-length album by Vancouver punk rock band Nomeansno.  It was their second album with longtime guitarist Andy Kerr and first recorded after signing with the prominent punk rock label Alternative Tentacles.  The album is highly experimental both sonically and compositionally, and ranks among the band's most challenging works.  It was released on LP in 1988, and issued on the CD compilation album "The Day Everything Became Isolated and Destroyed" with the EP "The Day Everything Became Nothing", recorded during the same sessions. Neutral Milk Hotel was an American indie rock band formed in Ruston, Louisiana by singer, guitarist, and songwriter Jeff Mangum in the late 1980s.  The band is noted for its experimental sound, abstract lyrics and eclectic instrumentation. LiR is an Irish rock band.  Their sound has been described as "a fusion of funky progressive rock, folky mysticism and savvy pop".  The band formed in the late 1980s in Dublin, firstly under the name The Spontaneous Frogs, then Uproar.  They released their first EP, 'All Machines Hum in A', in 1992.  In 1993, they released their first LP, 'Magico Magico!'  under the label Velo Records (Velo was an Irish Indie) in Ireland.  In 1994, they re-released 'Magico Magico!'  to the US, under the independent record label What Are Records?  (W.A.R.?) .  The new version of the album saw a revision to the track listing.  LiR would release their second album, 'Nest', exclusively with W.A.R.? , the following year, in 1995.  Around this time, they were notorious for playing constant live shows in Whelan's Bar, on Wexford Street in Dublin.  The support act was regularly by another Dublin band called Dragonfly (the lead guitarist of Dragonfly later became LiR's second guitarist, after the departure of keyboardist David Hopkins).  The LiR song 'Temple Child' appeared on the What Are Records?  "Ammunition" compilation album, a music sampler of various independent artists.  In 1997 the band appeared on the soundtrack for the movie "I Went Down", with the song 'There Are More Things'. The Jags were a British rock band formed in North Yorkshire in 1978, composed of Nick Watkinson (vocals), John Alder (guitar/backing vocals), Steve Prudence (bass), firstly Neil Whittaker and then Alex Baird (drums), Michael Cotton (bass/backing vocals) and Patrick O'Toole (piano/keyboard). "Duet" is a song from British indie pop band Everything Everything.  The track was released in the United Kingdom on 24 March 2013 as the third single from the band's second studio album, "Arc" (2013).  The track received its first play on 8 January 2013, with "Arc" having been selected as BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe's "Album of the Week".  The single's B-side—"+Pendolino"served as the band's first official instrumental track; having been originally recorded in 2011. Harrison began his career in the 1970s and has written over 300 major-label recorded songs including several number-one hits.  His songwriting credits include ; "Hey Cinderella" (recorded by Suzy Bogguss); "I Hate Everything" a number-one recording by George Strait); "I Just Wanted You to Know" (recorded by Mark Chesnutt); "I Thought It Was You" (recorded by Doug Stone); "Lying in Love with You" (recorded by Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius); "Strawberry Wine" (with Matraca Berg, recorded by Deana Carter); "Wild Angels" (with Matraca Berg; recorded by Martina McBride); "Wrong Side of Memphis" (with Matraca Berg, recorded by Trisha Yearwood), and "That Train Don't Run" (recorded by Pinmonkey).  Other artists who have recorded his work include Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Easton Corbin, Patty Loveless, Keith Whitley, John Michael Montgomery, Billy Ray Cyrus, Charley Pride, Anne Murray, Mindy McCready, Diamond Rio, Sammy Kershaw, Emmylou Harris, Ronnie Milsap, Highway 101, Molly Hatchet, Johnny Lee, Neal McCoy, Reba McEntire, Joe Nichols, Bob Welch, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Kenny Rogers, Matraca Berg, Pam Tillis, Crystal Gayle, Brenda Lee, B. J. Thomas, Alabama, Michelle Wright, Loverboy, Randy Travis, The Oak Ridge Boys, Conway Twitty, Barbara Mandrell, Lonestar, Steve Wariner, Joe Diffie, Michael Martin Murphey, Marty Balin, Cindy Alexander, Kim Carnes, Keith Stegall, Shawn Camp, Lee Greenwood, Russ Taff, George Canyon, The Kendalls, Chris LeDoux, Sylvia, Mickey Gilley, Eddy Raven, John Conlee, Bryan White, Blaine Larsen, Tammy Cochran, John Berry, Rick Trevino, Marie Osmond, Eric Heatherly, Pirates of the Mississippi, Chely Wright, and Robin Lee.
Answer: Jeff Mangum