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Join Us

They Might Be Giants

About “Join Us”

“Join Us” Q&A

  • What has the band said about this album?

    In 2015, Flansburgh and Linnell spoke to Spin about their albums to that point. Here’s what they said about this album:

    Were you overflowing with “adult” ideas after a string of kids’ records?

    Flansburgh:

    Join Us was a very slow-building crescendo and I am very proud of that album in particular. We were kind of in recovery from making three albums in three years, and needed to find a simpler way of working. I wouldn’t say any track that ends up on an adult album is in reaction to the kids’ work — there is actually a kind of easy relationship between the two efforts, often grabbing one idea and pushing it over to the other side for better effect.

    But the simplicity of Join Us was kind of in reaction to our own over-production on The Else and the kids’ records, which are all technicolor projects in terms of instrumentation and sonics. I do remember a couple of conversations, one with John and one with the band, about keeping it a combo project much in the way an album like, say the Beatles’ Revolver was recorded. Even though you might be recording in an identifiable genre or style beyond rock, sticking to your regular lineup’s instrumentation has an immediacy to it that can be very exciting.

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