Working Undercover For The Man: That's a Wrap on Mink Car

They Might Be Giants' 'Working Undercover for the Man,' imposter syndrome, corporate disguises, and a proper goodbye to the Mink Car album.

Jul 03, 2026

∙ Paid

Album cover for They Might Be Giants' Mink Car. A blueprint-style illustration shows a disassembled, blue exploded-view figure of a person in a jumpsuit — head, torso, arms, legs, and boots broken apart with instructional arrows and part numbers — floating above a faint line-drawing schematic of a car chassis. The band name appears in bold black-and-blue lettering at top, with 'mink car' in matching style at bottom right. — The Vinyl edition cover of Mink Car. ‘Exploded Guy’ is most prominent and I ordered this vinyl just yesterday in celebration of completing my writing journey for this album.

Let's just start writing and see where I go with this one. The entire Mink Car album is now behind me, and I should probably do a section at the end of this where I share some final thoughts on the album as a whole. Dang, should I have been doing that after every album? Oh well. Moving forward.

Imposter Syndrome is not something I alone am uniquely experiencing in my daily life. I'm not sure I know anyone who doesn't go about their day and, at some point, feel like they are "faking" something. Maybe it's their role at their job, a parent-teacher conference, or a social situation like sitting around a bonfire two weeks ago with close friends, the person you recently started dating, and also your ex-wife is there.

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