They Might Be Giants Preview New LP With Jovial Power-Pop Song ‘I Left My Body’
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A free download from They Might Be Giants, performing Flood live in its entirety on tour in Australia. DOWNLOAD IT HERE.
Flood was They Might Be Giants third album, and was a remarkable moment in our career and development both creatively and professionally. Facing the specter of a label major deal and the critical magnifying glass turning to the “college rock scene” TMBG managed to fashion a sprawling original album both sonically engaging yet still closely following our original musical mission.
They Might Be Giants featured in the May issue of The Wire magazine.
After an incredible year of creativity, posting 52 new songs over the course of 2015, we are proud to announce the release of They Might Be Giants new disc PHONE POWER. Boasting 18 pop gems, Phone Power continues the all-killer, no-filler tradition of the band’s current efforts. The disc includes “I Love You for Psychological Reasons” the standout track that will be lodged in your head with barely a second listen, and a disarming reworking of Destiny’s Child’s classic “Bills, Bills, Bills.”
Recorded in a secret location in New York City with Pat Dillett (Sufjan Stevens, St. Vincent, The National, David Byrne) this album finds the Giants working mostly in the same power-packed configuration as their hard-working live line up, with a minimum of production embellishments.
Phone Power is out now on Lojinx CD & digital.
“TMBG’s capacity for writing a terrific melody is what sustains their popularity: that and the ability to leave audiences feeling that music ought primarily to be fun.”
They Might Be Giants were featured in yesterday’s Metro, ahead of the sold out London show next week.
Ahead of their Glasgow shows later this month They Might Be Giants were featured in a 2-page spread in Scotland on Sunday and The Scotsman last week. Read it in full here >>.
They Might Be Giants arrive in the UK this month for a run of dates supporting their impressive recorded output for the last 12 months. Expect to hear classic tunes and new material from their Dial-A-Song project, that concluded with it’s 52nd weekly new song & video in December, and tracks from new albums Glean & Why?
It’s the final instalment of Dial-A-Song, the 52nd of 52 new new TMBG songs and videos for 2015!! New albums Glean & Why? are out now! UK Tour dates coming up.
“Shape Shifter” video directed and animated by Jason Willis.
I’ve got a big old problem
shape shifters all around
where did my world go?
one minute everything is home and friends
and new york times and lawn
beware the blob they said
how was I to know they meant the
ups delivery man
the koi in the tank and the anchorwoman
I’ve got a big old problem
shape shifters all around
shape shifter shape shifter
you gotta quit that shifting of shapes
I accepted what you were and then everything changed
and I don’t want to live in any place where
the people are shifting their shapes
they’re such a liar
they said the planet wouldn’t
undulate and then burst into flames
what used to be my house?
is it that purple tentacle?
or is that the tv repairman?
the clarinet? the vegetable stand?
I’ve got a big old problem
shape shifters all around
shape shifter shape shifter
you gotta quit that shifting of shapes
I accepted what you were and then everything changed
and I don’t want to live in any place where
the people are shifting their shapes
I’ve got a big old problem
shape shifters all around
if you’re someone I used to know
I sure don’t recognize you
so I’m only hanging round amorphous mounds
in the town where nothing familiar can be found
I’ve got a big old problem
shape shifters all around
Dial-A-Song video 49 is “I’ll Be Haunting You”. Starring Adoni Maropis and Carlos Ortega, directed by Paul & Mike Swiatek and produced by Shanti Whitney.
New albums Glean & Why? are out now! UK Tour dates coming up:
flipping this one final switch i’m effectively insuring that i will be
overcoming all resistance long after my remains have been
vaporized with extreme prejudice and shot into outer space
i’ll be haunting you
need i remind you of the oath you swore in 1993
don’t act like you don’t act like you know why you flinch at the image of these words
that permanently skywritten in the ashes of my incinerated legacy
i’ll be haunting you
i’ll be haunting you
i’ll be haunting you as you are staring into outer space
my absence has been weaponized the empty sockets where my eyes
are swiveling to recognize and pin you down
i’m the ringing in your ears rewriting all your fears
and you’re the only one who hears the sound
telltale beating floorcase on this unreleasing remix
that rises like a phoenix from the ground
i’ll be haunting you
i’ll be haunting you
i’ll be haunting you as you take in your outer spatial views
when you look up you’ll remember me and then i’ll be haunting you