Mink Car

This page is for the album. For the song of the same name, see Mink Car (Song) "Mink Car (Song)") . Mink Car Studio album by They Might Be Giants First released September 11, 2001 Release details / collectors: Show Hide Tracks 17 Last album Long Tall Weekend Label Restless Records Length 46:24 Next album No! [edit ] Loading... If loading fails, click here . See Discography Glossary for definition of various terms. After They Might Be Giants had left Elektra [[1]]( , they began work on a new live album inspired by a live session the band recorded for the Spin Radio Network in 1996 .[[2]]( [[3]]( While working on the album, which would later be announced by John Flansburgh as Severe Tire Damage on WFNX in an August 1997 interview , both Linnell and Flansburgh would begin to demo several new songs[[4]]( . Flansburgh's demos included a new song titled "First Kiss "First Kiss (Demo)") " and a newly composed version of "On The Drag "On The Drag (IFC Demo)") " from the Factory Showroom sessions the previous year, while Linnell would demo "Rest Awhile "Rest Awhile (Dial-A-Song)") " and "Finished With Lies "Finished With Lies (Demo 1)") ". In September 1997 , the band embarked on the Severe Tire Damage ‘97-’98 tour to promote the new album, during which "Rest Awhile ", "First Kiss " and "Finished With Lies " would all be performed live for the first time. In March of 1999[[7]]( , the band was approached by Joe "The Butcher" Nicolo, one half of the Butcher Bros. with brother Phil Nicolo[[8]]( . They would soon begin recording sessions at Coyote Studios for a new album with the Butcher Bros. as producers, which directly coincided with the studio sessions for No! and music gigs for Brave New World and Malcolm In The Middle [[9]]( . Bassist Danny Weinkauf (formerly of Lincoln "Lincoln (Band)") ) was also brought into They Might Be Giants after Graham Maby 's exit to record alongside guitarist Dan Miller and drummer Dan Hickey , forming the Band Of Dans . In a New York Times article from June 1999 , Joe Nicolo said of the upcoming album: Songs recorded for the album during these sessions included "On The Drag ", "Hovering Sombrero "Hovering Sombrero (Nicolo Demo)") ", "Cyclops Rock "Cyclops Rock (Demo)") ", "Thunderbird "Thunderbird (Demo)") ", "Finished With Lies "Finished With Lies (Nicolo Demo)") ", "It's So Loud In Here "Man, It's So Loud In Here (Nicolo Demo)") ", "(She Thinks She's) Edith Head Edith Head "(She Thinks She's) Edith Head") ", "Rest Awhile ", and "Working Undercover For The Man ", which were recorded and finished up from March to June 1999.[[10]]( During this time, the band would release the album Long Tall Weekend through eMusic , which included future Mink Car songs "Edith Head" and "Older ", as well as "On Earth My Nina ", a version of "Thunderbird" with reversed lyrics. In August 1999 on Radio They Might Be Giants , John Flansburgh announced that the song "Older" would appear on the album. He also revealed the album’s provisional title, Unreliable Narrator , which was named after a recently written song "Kids Are Different Now (Spoken Word)") that had debuted on Dial-A-Song that year.[[11]]( In an interview with the Dallas Observer on September 16, 1999 , Flansburgh mentioned that the band was "three-quarters of the way through" the album, but by October 1999, the band had not been able to secure a record deal, as Nicolo's record label Ruffhouse Records had broken off from its distributor[[12]]( and was forced to close down. As a result, Nicolo could no longer work with They Might Be Giants on new material[[13]]( and a majority of recordings for the album were discarded in favor of the album versions that would be finished later on. "On The Drag ", "Rest Awhile " and "Working Undercover For The Man " would be officially released on the Working Undercover For The Man EP "Working Undercover For The Man (EP)") on May 16, 2000, while "Thunderbird " remained shelved until it was re-recorded during sessions for The Sp