They Might Be Giants unveil new album ‘I Like Fun,’ massive U.S. tour — hear new single

They Might Be Giants will release their 15th studio album — the 15-song “rock album” I Like Fun — in January, and will embark on a marathon 50-date U.S. tour that will take the two Johns from coast to coast while on the road from January through April.

The album is due out Jan. 19, and is preceded by the single “I Left My Body,” which you can hear below.

TMBG co-founders John Linnell and John Flansburgh have been working on the new album for more than a year, delivering what’s being described as “fresh and sonically adventurous” new music. The two songwriters, according to the announcement of the new album, “draw on themes of dread, death, and disappointment and set them to their driving, hyper-melodic music.”

Below, check out the tracklist, see the group’s exhausting tour itinerary and listen to “I Left My Body.”

Tracklist: They Might Be Giants, I Like Fun

1. “Let’s Get This Over With”
2. “I Left My Body”
3. “All Time What”
4. “By the Time You Get This”
5. “An Insult to the Fact Checkers”
6. “Mrs. Bluebeard”
7. “I Like Fun”
8. “Push Back the Hands”
9. This Microphone”
10. “The Bright Side”
11. “When the Light Comes On”
12. “Lake Monsters”
13. “Mccafferty’s Bib”
14. “The Greatest”
15. “Last Wave”

They Might Be Giants tour dates:

Oct. 27: Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT
Dec. 30: Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Dec. 31: Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Jan. 17: The Jefferson Theater, Charlottesville, VA
Jan. 18: Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC
Jan. 19: The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC
Jan. 20: Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA
Jan. 21: Neighborhood Theatre, Charlotte, NC
Jan. 23: Charleston Music Hall, Charleston, SC
Jan. 24: Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, Jacksonville, FL
Jan. 25: The Beacham, Orlando, FL
Jan. 26: Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Jan. 27: State Theatre. Tampa, FL
Jan. 28: Vinyl Music Hall, Pensacola, FL
Jan. 30: Saturn . Birmingham, AL
Jan. 31: Varsity Theatre, Baton Rouge, LA
Feb. 1: Stubb’s BBQ, Austin, TX
Feb. 2: White Oak Music Hall, Houston, TX
Feb. 3: The Kessler Theater, Dallas, TX
Feb. 6: Cannery Ballroom , Nashville, TN
Feb. 7: The Vogue, Indianapolis, IN
Feb. 8: Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH
Feb. 9: The Pageant, St. Louis, MO
Feb. 10: Saint Andrew’s Hall, Detroit, MI
Feb. 11: Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, OH
Feb. 27: Marquee Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
March 1: Belly Up, Solana Beach, CA
March 2: The Regent, Los Angeles, CA
March 3: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
March 4: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
March 6: HiFi Music Hall, Eugene, OR
March 7: Neptune Theatre, Seattle, WA
March 8: Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR
March 9: The Depot, Salt Lake City, UT
March 10: Gothic Theatre, Denver, CO
March 11: Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO
March 13: The Truman, Kansas City, MO
March 14: Slowdown, Omaha, NE
March 15: First Avenue , Minneapolis, MN
March 16: The Pabst Theatre, Milwaukee, WI
March 17: The Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL
March 18: Mercury Ballroom, Louisville, KY
April 13: College Street Music Hall, New Haven, CT
April 14: 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C.
April 15: Mr. Small’s Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA
April 17: Madison Theater, Covington, KY
April 19: Anthology, Rochester, NY
April 20: Higher Ground, Burlington, VT
April 21: State Theatre, Portland, ME
April 22: The Egg , Albany, NY
April 26: Academy of Music, Northampton, MA
April 27: House of Blues, Boston, MA
April 28: Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA

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