Pet Name

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  Seven Songs for the Week #158 - 15th Apr 2026

  Jason Carty

  We are on the verge of a new TMBG album coming out in two days time. I listened to Factory Showroom this week, and it really is a fantastic record, however, when I first heard it back in 1996 I remember being disappointed. Maybe at that time I’d stopped being a teenager, and I just wasn’t in that They Might Be Giants headspace. If it’s also possible that I was a bit thrown by songs with a regular rock backing band, and lasting for a very reasonable four minutes, which relative to the normal length of a TMBG song, makes this their Prog album. Pet Name was probably the track I disliked most upon the original release, and now it’s my favourite on the record, it’s such a nifty tune and a great bit of composition.