The World Is to Dig: First Impressions of the New TMBG Album

My first impressions of the new They Might Be Giants album. An album about instability, absurdity, and choosing what matters anyway.

As a card-carrying member of a secret musical society, I have somehow acquired an advance copy of this album. I’m sorry, I’ve been sworn to secrecy. There was an oath and everything.

Writing about each of their songs on a weekly basis would normally keep me from even mentioning these until years from now. By then, I’d have lived with them, worn them down…