Great band with no thread that I can find.
All gold up to and including John Henry IMO, which is a good run - still moments to be found subsequently (though admit not as familiar with later albums).
Was going to write that they get unfairly maligned as “wacky” but can see they don’t do themselves many favours when arguing against that. Just call it playful, very much their own thing. Anyway, so many great songs, feel free to put your hand inside the puppet head.
I can only take them in small doses, but when I’m in the mood, they’re great!
When I was driving once
I saw this painted on a bridge
‘I don’t want the world
…I just want your half’
Ah, lots of car trips with my dad listening to Flood/Lincoln/Apollo 18 over and over probably helped my tolerance at a young age
Now it’s over, I’m dead and I haven’t done anything that I want
Or
I’m still alive and there’s nothing I want to do
Never really listened beyond the first three albums, but those three are amazing.
Nice Carseat Headrest cover of Dead here:
Saw the video to Ana Ng when I was a youth. Blew my mind.
Been a fan ever since.
Flood is incredible.
Hard to pick a favourite song. Probably this one though:
They Might Be Giants - They’ll Need A Crane (official music video)
Not heard that before - abrasively good cover, haven’t listened to them since Teens of Denial should get that sorted
The 60 Songs That Explain the 90s TMBG episode is terrific. Helped me move beyond just thinking of them as wacky:
They might be, but they likely are not.
There’s an episode of Joel Morris’ podcast Comfort Blanket that performs much the same function for Flood.
Great band. Later albums are patchy but theres some great stuff on all of them:
Such a great, life-affirming band live too. See them whenever i can.
I’m a fan!
Just want to register my amusement at a TMBG topic being started on the day of a Cheekface album release.
Enjoy them a lot. Annoyed that they rescheduled their 2023 date (due to illness tbf) to a date in 2024 that I couldn’t do 
As a result, not seen them live since…2016, which sucks as they are a lot of fun live.
We had a couple of their (nominally) for children albums on CD in the car for years when our two were little. These two:
Might just get them back into circulation - good for all occasions. Remember this one pretty much soundtracked weaning for both kids…
A couple of my favourites
Wonder what the reason is that people are not posting the one song this band is known for 
Fine here we go -
