There are few things you can be sure of when the name They Might Be Giants have news that hits the music press. One, it's a safe bet the word "quirky" will be employed. This was a law up until about 2000, now it seems to just happen on occasion.
The new new law is that if it's a kid's album, it's going to say something like this, which we just happened to take from Pop Matters review of Here Comes Science:
This is the kind of record that parents won’t get sick of their kids playing nonstop.
In the off chance a parent is reading this, I'd like to invite you to comment on that sentence-- variations of which appear in most if not all reviews of the TMBG kids' albums over the past few years.
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TMBG have always been in the education business.
I feel like I didn't really grasp the concept of a band that could be two guys and a drum machine until those two guys came along. TMBG are as inspiring as the Ramones in their genuine ballsy-ness.
Ang Ng is a kid's song too now that I think about it. World's Fair, Dupont Pavillion, It's a Small World are all good references. Kids gotta learn about Tek War Somewhere.
Side note: When I met the Jimmy Eat World singer at Home Depot I wanted to ask him why he included a reference to "Don't Lets Start" in his downer-of-a-tune, "Praise Chorus." I chose to be Krusty the Clown instead and rap about air conditioners instead. What a bummer! Insert expletives here.
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