Hide Away Folk Family: Exploring the Dark and Eerie side of They Might Be Giants

From ambiguous fear to backward accordion—how a song by TMBG became a one I can’t stop thinking about.

"Hide Away Folk Family" is a haunting song. No way around it. In all honesty, it was never a favorite of mine. I know all the words, I enjoy it very much, and I’ll explain why in a second, but it’s had its fair share of skips. There’s something eerie about it—its ambiguous lyrics and unsettling undertones don’t really pull at the same heartstrings as th…