‘I wrote it from the perspective of a night light’: How They Might Be Giants made Birdhouse in Your Soul

I'm completely happy that we fall within the noble tradition of the one-hit wonder in the UK'

We had played the showcase night at New York's CBGB, but didn't stand out, so we tried instead playing alongside performance artists in East Village. People showing up to watch avant garde performance art bought our cassette, and we became part of this groovy little scene of really enthusiastic people.