The Spine Surfs Alone is a 2004 EP by They Might Be Giants, released as a companion to their albumThe Spine on the same day of the latter's release. It can be purchased as MP3 downloads directly from the band. You can also order this EP in CD form from TMBG's official online store. If you put the CD in a computer, a flash video for "I'm All You Can Think About", produced by John Linnell himself, can be seen. "Canada Haunts Me" was originally released on the audiobook version of Sarah Vowell'sThe Partly Cloudy Patriot. Image File history File linksMetadata SpineSurfsAlone. ... An extended play (or EP), is typically the name given to vinyl records or CDs which are too long to be called singles but too short to qualify as albums. ... They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) is an American alternative rock duo consisting of John Linnell and John Flansburgh, collectively known as the two Johns or John and John. Known for their experimental pop music, they have been popular on college campuses and earned a reputation for intellectual... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... The terms alternative rock and alternative music[1] (also simply called alternative) were coined in the 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired bands on independent record labels that didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) is an American alternative rock duo consisting of John Linnell and John Flansburgh, collectively known as the two Johns or John and John. Known for their experimental pop music, they have been popular on college campuses and earned a reputation for intellectual... The Spine is the tenth full-length They Might Be Giants studio album. ... Here Come The ABCs is a 2005 DVD & Audio CD release by They Might Be Giants, aimed at young children learning the alphabet. ... An extended play (or EP), is typically the name given to vinyl records or CDs which are too long to be called singles but too short to qualify as albums. ... They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) is an American alternative rock duo consisting of John Linnell and John Flansburgh, collectively known as the two Johns or John and John. Known for their experimental pop music, they have been popular on college campuses and earned a reputation for intellectual... 33â LP vinyl record for The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour album from the 1960s. ... The Spine is the tenth full-length They Might Be Giants studio album. ... A promotional photograph from the late 1990s. ... An audio book is a recording of the contents of a book read aloud. ... Sarah Vowell Sarah Vowell (born December 27, 1969) is an American author, journalist, and regular contributor to the radio program This American Life on Public Radio International. ... The Partly Cloudy Patriot is a book by Sarah Vowell, a contributing editor for the WBEZ / Public Radio International program This American Life. ...
Case in point – The Spine, the just-released tenth album from Johns Linnell and Flansburgh, a brief yet sublime platter that is perhaps the group’s best album since John Henry.
The Spine is its polar opposite, a record that glides from one end to the other, gently pulling you along and never stopping short.
On The Spine, they all seem to come from the same place, and it sounds like a fun place to be from.