''The Escape Team'' is the 22nd album by

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, released on December 10, 2018 for digital download and pre-order. The digital download and pre-order was released simultaneously with '' My Murdered Remains''. The physical album was released in May 2019. ''The Escape Team'' is a concept album, made in collaboration with long-time TMBG music video collaborator David Cowles, based on fictional characters from his original comic book of the same name. In the year prior to the album's release, songs from ''The Escape Team'' were released as part of They Might Be Giants' 2018 Dial-A-Song series. Each song was released with a music video animated and directed by Cowles, with the exception of "The Poisonousness", which was directed by Ajax Digital Design.

Track listing

Personnel

They Might Be Giants *

John Flansburgh John Conant Flansburgh (born May 6, 1960) is an American musician. He is half of the long-standing Brooklyn, New York-based alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants with John Linnell, for which he writes, sings, and plays rhythm guitar. Common ...

– vocals, guitars, programming, etc. *

John Linnell John Sidney Linnell ( ; born June 12, 1959) is an American musician, known primarily as one half of the Brooklyn-based alternative rock band They Might Be Giants with John Flansburgh, which was formed in 1982. In addition to singing and songwri ...

– vocals, keyboards,

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, etc. Backing Band *

Marty Beller Marty Beller (born July 10, 1967) is an American musician and songwriter. He is the current drummer for They Might Be Giants since Dan Hickey's departure in 2004. He has recorded two solo albums. He has contributed writing and vocals for three of ...

– drums * Dan Miller – guitars *

Danny Weinkauf Danny Weinkauf (born 4 December 1963) is a Grammy-winning New York-based musician and composer. He has been the longtime bassist for They Might Be Giants (TMBG). He has recorded and toured with the band since the late 1990s. Weinkauf had previou ...

– bass guitar Additional musicians * Chris Anderson – Bass and

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on "Corrupted Lyle". *

Robin Goldwasser Robin Goldwasser (born August 14, 1966)https://familysearch.org/search/collection/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3Arobin~%20%2Bsurname%3Agoldwasser~&collection_id=2199956 is an American singer and playwright. She is a graduate of Sarah Law ...

- vocals on "The Poisonousness" Production * Daniel Avila –

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Pat Dillett Patrick “Pat” Dillett is a 4 x Grammy winning New York based record producer, mixer & sound engineer. He is known for his working relationships with David Byrne, Nile Rodgers, and Thomas Bartlett a/k/a Doveman. He has worked with notabl ...

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, mixing * James York – engineering * Ue Nastasi –

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References

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