They Might Be Giants - The World Is to Dig (2026)

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.

Tracklist
01 Back in Los Angeles
02 Wu-Tang
03 Sleep's Older Sister
04 Je N’en Ai Pas
05 Outside Brain
06 Let's Fall in Lava
07 Telescope
08 Garbage In
09 Get Down
10 New Wave Will Never Die
11 Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)
12 Character Flaw
13 Hit the Ground
14 What You Get
15 Slow
16 In the Dead Mall
17 What the Cat Dragged In
18 They Might Be Feral