For most of their existence, the USA Is a Monster was a duo composed of Colin Langenus and Thom Hohman, both of whom play multiple instruments.
The initial incarnations of the USA Is a Monster emerged from these projects, and included other musicians as documented on the band's first EP and LP released on the tiny Infrasound label.
[2] The group signed to Load Records in 2003 and issued four full-lengths on the label – Tasheyana Compost in 2003, Wohaw in 2005, Sunset at the End of the Industrial Age in 2006, and Space Programs in 2008.
[3] The band released a compilation of old material entitled Lost and Found on cassette via Northern Spy in 2012.
Back together again, they released Amikwag on October 30, 2020, via Yeggs Records, along with a video for "Permaculture's Promise", the first song on the album.