738582017061

The World Is To Dig

They Might Be Giants

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Format: LP

Cat No: IDLE200LPB

PRE-ORDER: This item will be shipped with the aim to deliver on release day.

Format Details: Black Vinyl

Release Date:  08 May 2026

Label:  Idlewild Recordings

Packaging Type:  Gate Fold

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  738582017061

Genres:  Rock  Alternative  

  • Description

    They Might Be Giants treat the entire history of popular music as a trampoline rather than a rulebook. Like two pinballs pinging off of each other through musical murals stretching into a giddy ether, TMBG moves by ricochet. On their upcoming album The World Is to Dig (due April 14th, 2026 from Idlewild Recordings), the multi-Grammy-winning duo continue bouncing through the pop multiverse, digging into whatever they find with playful zeal. John Linnell and John Flansburgh continue to fire ideas off one another like particles in a perpetual motion experiment, each collision producing a new angle, a new melodic left turn, resulting in tracks packed with esoteric references, mischievous details, and left-field detours. Untethered from trends, immune to nostalgia, and equally ready to draw from Tin Pan Alley theatrics and contemporary pop culture references, The World Is to Dig is the sound of a band very much in motion; not chasing relevance, but generating it on their own terms.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Back in Los Angeles
      • 2. Wu-Tang
      • 3. Sleep's Older Sister
      • 4. Je N'en Ai Pas
      • 5. Outside Brain
      • 6. Let's Fall in Lava
      • 7. Telescope
      • 8. Garbage In
      • 17. What the Cat Dragged In
      • 18. They Might Be Feral

      Side 2

      • 1. Get Down
      • 2. New Wave Will Never Die
      • 3. Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)
      • 4. Character Flaw
      • 5. Hit The Ground
      • 6. What You Get
      • 7. Slow
      • 8. In the Dead Mall