Following
Glean and
Why?,
Phone Power is the third
They Might Be Giants album to come from the relaunched Dial-A-Song. If
Glean delivered some of
John Linnell and
John Flansburgh's best warped pop in years and
Why? recalled the brilliance of children's albums like
No!, then
Phone Power serves as a reminder of the band's dedication to their fans. Not only was the album -- the band's 19th -- released as a pay-what-you-want download, it also features a long-awaited studio version of their cover of the
Destiny's Child hit "Bills, Bills, Bills." Elsewhere, the band channels
the Beach Boys on "Shape Shifter" and disco on "I'll Be Haunting You," while "Apophenia," "I Love You for Psychological Reasons," and "Sold My Mind to the Kremlin" are among the finest examples of
TMBG's inimitably quirky style here.