“This album, like our first album, was all made by the same people at the same time in the same place. It has its own musical universe,” John Flansburgh says of They Might Be Giants’ 24th album, The World is to Dig. “Even as songs pull apart and get further afield, it became naturally cohesive. Our most successful records hang together in very natural ways, and this album has that continuity.”
TMBG co-founder John Linnell adds, “Very early on, we admired bands that had short songs that said what they had to say and finished. There was this movement in the mid-20th century to write confessional poems full of very specific personal emotion, but I want to write about geostationary orbits. That would be an interesting poem for me. And speaking for Flansburgh, there’s something beautifully opaque and elliptical about his recent lyrical ideas.”
The World is to Dig is out today — they’re going old school New Release Tuesday-style — and you can listen to it below.
They Might Be Giants’ 2026 tour begins this weekend at Woodstock’s Bearsville Theatre on April 17 & 18, and hits NYC with three shows at 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 (sold out)
April 18 Woodstock, NY @ Bearsville Theatre (sold out)
April 24 Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
April 25 Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue (sold out)
April 26 Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
April 28 Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
April 29 Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
May 1 Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre (sold out)
May 2 Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre (sold out)
May 3 Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
May 15 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
May 16 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer (sold out)
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
Sept 24 Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theatre
Sept 25 Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theatre
Sept 26 Madison, WI @ Barrymore Theatre
Sept 27 Madison, WI @ Barrymore Theatre
Sept 29 Kansas City, MO @ The Truman
Oct 1 Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
Oct 2 Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
Oct 3 St. Paul, MN @ Fitzgerald Theatre
Oct 4 St. Paul, MN @ Fitzgerald Theatre
Nov 6 Austin, TX @ Emo’s
Nov 7 Austin, TX @ Emo’s
Nov 10 Houston, TX @ The Heights Theater
Nov 11 Houston, TX @ The Heights Theater
Nov 13 Dallas, TX @ Echo Lounge & Music Hall
Nov 14 Dallas, TX @ Echo Lounge & Music Hall
Nov 19 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Nov 20 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club