THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS – SINGLE REVIEW

They Might Be Giants – The Communists Have the Music

They Might Be Giants - The Communists Have the Music

(Lojinx)

Release Date: 21^st September 2018

Legendary New York Indie-poppers They Might Be Giants are back and boy have they timed it well. New single ‘The Communists Have the Music’ is, on the face of it, a jaunty piano lead track with an easily sing-alongable chorus and a stabbing rhythm that will have you skipping down the street like the first day of spring. Listen to the lyrics, though, and you’ll get a whole different experience with references to Engel’s ‘Conditions of the Working Class’, plutocrats in beaver hats and lyrics like; “The fascists have the outfits but I don’t care for the outfits, what I care about is the music and the communists have the music”. That’s jaunty piano pop with a side of politics then – Ben Folds meets Ben Franklin, perhaps.

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Live Dates:

20^th September – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

21^st September – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

22^nd September – Junction, Cambridge

23^rd September – SWX, Bristol

25^th September – Ampere, Munich

26^th September – De Roma, Antwerp

27^th September – Paradiso, Amsterdam

28^th September – Columbia Theater, Berlin

29^th September – Knust, Hamburg

1^st October – Luxor, Cologne

3^rd October – Barbican Centre, London

4^th October – Academy 2, Manchester

5^th October – The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh

6^th October – Button Factory, Dublin

16^th October – Imperial, Vancouver

18^th October – Bella Concert Hall, Calgary

19^th October – Starlite Room, Edmonton

20^th October – The Broadway Theatre, Saskatoon

21^st October – The Garrick Centre, Winnipeg

23^rd October – Barrymore Theatre, Madison

24^th October – Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor

25^th October – State Theatre of Ithaca, Ithaca

26^th October – Ram’s Head Live, Baltimore

27^th October – Terminal 5, New York

28^th October – Columbus Theatre, Providence

30^th October – Theatre Fairmount, Montreal

1^st November – Bronson Center Theatre, Ottawa

2^nd November – Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto

3^rd November – Town Ballroom, Buffalo

30^th December – Daryl’s House Club, Pawling

31^st December – Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia