Third studio album released

The trio began work on their third major release, How Does Your Garden Grow? , soon after the end of touring for Friction, Baby . The album was recorded between mid-January and late-April at a studio in New Orleans. The album was produced by record producer Malcolm Burn , who had formerly produced Iggy Pop and U2, and released on August 25, 1998. The album was described as “experimental” and a significant departure from their previous two albums. Griffin described the album in 1998 as “guitar driven … rhythmic.” Likewise, Tom Drummond described the band’s thinking on its third major album, “We thought the third album was a very important record, because generally a band either makes or breaks on the third record. We wanted it to be a record that didn’t necessarily sound like what people expected.” Despite the emphasis on guitar experimentation, two tracks, “One More Murder” and “Je ne m’en souviens pas” contain no guitars.