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A Quiet Goodbye from Apollo 18

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Chase Roper
May 31, 2025
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Two astronauts ride a lunar rover across a dusty terrain under a blue sky, echoing the vintage futurism of the Apollo era and the closing track of They Might Be Giants' 1992 album.
Promotional postcard for Apollo 18, mailed from Planet They Might Be Giants in 1992.

The final song on Apollo 18 is also one of the first that They Might Be Giants ever wrote. It was the very first track Flansburgh and Linnell played live as a band; before they released a demo album or had a record deal. And now, it quietly closes out their most ambitiou…

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