- Record Label: Idlewild Recordings
- Release Date: Apr 14, 2026
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Apr 17, 2026Not many musical acts reach their 40th anniversaries and fewer still make music worthy of their legacies, but with The World Is to Dig, They Might Be Giants remain wonderfully different.
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Apr 20, 2026The first TMBG first album still ranks among the best of their 20+ studio albums to date, but this latest one is up there somewhere too.
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Classic Rock MagazineApr 30, 2026They don't go for the jugular of the tune as rabidly as they once did, although Wu-tang, the French-language Je N'en Ai Pas and several galloping new-wave track certainly do the business. [Jun 2026, p.77]
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Apr 16, 2026This far into their career, you don't need a They Might Be Giants album to be classic — you just need it to be a reminder of how great they are, and have been since before you were born, probably.
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Apr 16, 2026While tunes like the shifting/warbling “Slow” are trippy, the band seems more comfortable with tracks like the synth-led off-kilter R&B of “Hit the Ground” and the 50’s rocking, “In the Dead Mall”, which gets its kicks by shoplifting. A few of the more straightforward tunes turn out to be album highlights.
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MojoApr 16, 2026They're also practitioners of the ancient art form of popcraft, constructing tight, clever confections then working with longtime co-producer Pat Dillett to ensure the hooks are delivered cleanly and efficiently. They remain funny, too. [Jun 2026, p.88]
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May 7, 2026Longtime fans will find plenty to enjoy here, but if somehow this is someone’s first They Might Be Giants album, The World Is to Dig is representative enough to send them burrowing into the wormhole that is the band’s extensive catalog.
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Record CollectorApr 16, 2026There's plenty of fun but there's also melancholy too. [May 2026, p.103]