Bangs: Blow My Mind, Your Royal Flyness

A personal reflection on “Bangs” by They Might Be Giants, the bright and obsessive opener to Mink Car, and the strange power of aesthetic fixation.

Front cover of Mink Car (2001) by They Might Be Giants — a surreal exploded-view illustration of a car and mannequin-like figure

Today, I’m so excited to be kicking off the next series of posts from They Might Be Giants’ 2001 album - Mink Car.

Within the time that spanned between Factory Showroom and the release of Mink Car, I’d gotten married, had a two-…