The Escape Team

The Escape Team
The Escape Team
Studio album by They Might Be Giants
Released	December 10, 2018
Studio	Reservoir Studios NYC
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	23:42
Label	Idlewild
Producer	They Might Be Giants, Pat Dillett
They Might Be Giants chronology

The Escape Team is the first mini-album (and 22nd overall album) by New York City-based alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, released on December 10, 2018^[1] for digital download and pre-order. The digital download and pre-order was released simultaneously with My Murdered Remains. The physical album was released in May 2019.^[2]

The Escape Team is a concept album, made in collaboration with long-time TMBG music video collaborator David Cowles, based on fictional characters from his original comic book of the same name.^[3]

In the year prior to the album's release, songs from The Escape Team were released as part of They Might Be Giants' 2018 Dial-A-Song series. Each song was released with a music video animated and directed by Cowles, with the exception of "The Poisonousness", which was directed by Ajax Digital Design.

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by They Might Be Giants except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Jackie the Clipper"		2:22
2.	"Chip the CHiP"		1:48
3.	"Burnice"		1:54
4.	"Dr. Sy Fly"		2:03
5.	"Dunkin Of Course Of Course"		2:06
6.	"Mr. Mischief Night"		2:11
7.	"John Postal"	(Christopher Albert Anderson, They Might Be Giants)	2:37
8.	"Flo Wheeler"		2:05
9.	"Corrupted Lyle"	(Christopher Albert Anderson, They Might Be Giants)	1:39
10.	"Re-PETE Offender"		2:13
11.	"The Poisonousness"	(Robin Goldwasser, They Might Be Giants)	2:55

Personnel[]

They Might Be Giants

John Flansburgh – vocals, guitars, programming, etc.
John Linnell – vocals, keyboards, woodwinds, etc.

Backing Band

Marty Beller – drums
Dan Miller – guitars
Danny Weinkauf – bass guitar

Additional musicians

Chris Anderson – Bass and mellotron on "Corrupted Lyle".
Robin Goldwasser - vocals on "The Poisonousness"

Production

Daniel Avila – engineering
Pat Dillett – production, mixing
James York – engineering
Ue Nastasi – Audio mastering

References[]

^ "They Might Be Giants on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
^ "My Murdered Remains LP + Download". Retrieved 31 December 2018.
^ "They Might Be Giants visits KMSU Radio (3-15-2018". Retrieved 31 December 2018.

[1] "They Might Be Giants on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 20 December 2018.

[2] "My Murdered Remains LP + Download". Retrieved 31 December 2018.

[3] "They Might Be Giants visits KMSU Radio (3-15-2018". Retrieved 31 December 2018.

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