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They Might Be Giants has announced the release of I Like Fun, a remarkable 15-track album, available physically and digitally on 19th January 2018. I Like Fun jumps with surprises, vitality, and the startling point of view of these Brooklyn originals. Songwriters and band founders John Linnell and John Flansburgh draw on themes of dread, death, and disappointment and set them to their driving, hyper-melodic music. Fresh and sonically adventurous, the band’s command of the studio and the song is in rare form from beginning to end. Featured by The New Yorker, album closer “Last Wave” is a deceivingly upbeat track that leaves you with a pit in your stomach by, as Linnell points out, “reminding you of your darkest fears.” “Last Wave” is available to post/share here: Youtube | Spotify | Apple Music.

The band return to Europe for a run of live shows in 2018:

• 21 Sep – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club, UK (SOLD OUT)
• 22 Sep – Cambridge, The Junction, UK
• 23 Sep – Bristol, Marble Factory, UK
• 25 Sep – Munich, Ampere, DE
• 26 Sep – Antwerp, De Roma, BE
• 27 Sep – Amsterdam, Paradiso, NL
• 28 Sep – Berlin, Columbia Theater, DE
• 29 Sep – Hamburg, Knust, DE
• 1 Oct – Koln, Luxor, DE
• 3 Oct – London, Barbican, UK
• 4 Oct – Manchester, Academy 2, UK
• 5 Oct – Edinburgh, Queen’s Hall, UK
• 6 Oct – Dublin, Button Factory, IE

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Like Fun is available to pre-order now, here.

Today’s the day! The new Pugwash album Silverlake is finally here! To celebrate the launch Thomas Walsh and good friend Matt Berry had a bit of fun making this autumnal video for your entertainment.

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Vinyl is expected to arrive late November. US stores (including Amazon) will have non-import CD & vinyl available once stock crosses the Atlantic, in a few weeks. Limited edition blue vinyl available only from indie record stores.

The song “raises questions and gets at the riddle of what justice really means,” Eric Earley said. “I wrote it some time ago but kept it from being released until this record, Wild and Reckless. It felt like the right time for it to see the light of day, a song that deals with sexual assault and gun violence”

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Portland quintet Blitzen Trapper’s new album Wild and Reckless is out now! Described by frontman Eric Earley as a “something like a cross-eyed stepchild to Furr“, referring to their break-through Subpop release. The new album was born from a stage production that the band spent the better part of a year producing. The half musical, half rock-opera dealt with heroin abuse, desperation, true love and western power structures. Early continues, “Ten years after Furr with all its talk of murder and the end of the western world, it seems there’s more to tell.”

Wild and Reckless is available on Lojinx CD, LP and Digital. Vinyl is expected mid-November 2017.

Released today is the second single from the forthcoming Pugwash album Silverlake. Listen to “What Are You Like” now on Spotify / Apple Music / YouTube, or pre-order the album on LP, CD or digital with instant grat download of both singles.

I LIKE FUN OUT 19th JANUARY 2018

FEATURING I LEFT MY BODY – LISTEN NOW

TMBG’s DIAL-A-SONG RETURNS FOR ALL OF 2018

Stream I Left My Body: Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube
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“Oh my god, They Might Be Giants is underrated. That’s the best band of all time. Better than the Stones, better than the Beatles, better than Oasis, and better than Crosby, Stills and Nash.” – Open Mike Eagle, Pitchfork “Over/Under”

Why is the world in love again? They Might Be Giants has announced the release of I Like Fun, a remarkable 15-track album to be available physically and digitally on 19th January 2018.

I Like Fun jumps with surprises, vitality, and the startling point of view of these Brooklyn originals. Over a year in the making, songwriters and band founders John Linnell and John Flansburgh draw on themes of dread, death, and disappointment and set them to their driving, hyper-melodic music. The results will leave even the most heavy-hearted among us with a renewed sense of wonder. Fresh and sonically adventurous, the band’s command of the studio and the song is in rare form from beginning to end.

On I Like Fun, the spotlight is also on the band’s formidable long-standing live lineup; drummer Marty Beller, bassist Danny Weinkauf and lead guitarist Dan Miller. While the group enjoys a reputation for delivering one of the liveliest shows around, the album accomplishes the rare feat of capturing that ecstatic intensity on disc. Co-produced with and mixed by Patrick Dillett (St. Vincent, Donald Fagen, The National, Mary J. Blige), the album was tracked and mixed at the brand-new Reservoir Studios—site of the legendary Skyline Studios where TMBG recorded their platinum-selling album Flood.

2018 will also see the return of TMBG’s Dial-A-Song service, with weekly instalments toll free at www.dialasong.com, and on streaming sites everywhere, featuring new music all year long!

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Clash Music has premiered ‘Dance With Me’, the new single from Blitzen Trapper’s forthcoming album Wild and Reckless. Calling it “Deeply retro but all the better for it” and “Hugely enjoyable, it’s the sound of a band doing what they do best, and loving every minute.”

Listen here: http://clashmusic.com/news/premiere-blitzen-trapper-dance-with-me