They Might Be Giants, Join Us

“You’ve got the clever, esoteric lyrics which cry out for explication. Where else are you going to get a refrain that uses a kind of enamel work as a simile, Quonset hutting used as a gerund? You’ve got the infectious syncopating rhythms. You’ve got the band’s characteristic harmonies and instrumental gamesmanship. You’ve got the joyful echoes of musical styles long gone. This is deceptively simple music that can bite.”

-Blog Critics

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