They Might Be Giants have announced a new album,The World Is to Dig, which will be out April 14. (They just released a new EP in January, too.) Full details have yet to be released but there are 18 tracks and John and John note, “It’s all bangers.”
The first banger is a John Linnell song tilted “Wu-Tang” which includes this lyric: “at the end of my tether / thought I was a goner / but in walked the answer / in the persons of Wu-Tang.” Says Linnell, “Many years ago, we discussed the idea of celebrating an artist or a style of music, but in the form of a completely unrelated genre of music. The original idea was a Tin Pan Alley-style song extolling the greatness of heavy metal. ‘Wu-Tang’ was written more or less along those lines, partly inspired by their TV biopic, but void of any musical reference to the great hip-hop collective. Are we fans? Sure! Would we ever attempt to emulate their sound? Not publicly.”
You can listen to “Wu-Tang” below.
TMGB will be on tour starting in April, playing multiple nights in cities where they will “will spotlight a different album each night, and we will make a point of changing up the second sets from night to night just for the recidivists and ourselves.” That includes NYC’s Brooklyn Steel on May 28-30. All dates are listed below.
They Might Be Giants – 2026 US Tour Dates:
April 17 Woodstock, NY @ Bearsville Theatre
April 18 Woodstock, NY @ Bearsville Theatre
April 24 Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
April 25 Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
April 26 Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
April 28 Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
April 29 Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
May 1 Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
May 2 Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
May 3 Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
May 15 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
May 16 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
May 17 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
May 28 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
May 29 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
May 30 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
June 5 Boston, MA @ House of Blues
June 6 Boston, MA @ House of Blues