Final cover to come, but indie-rock royalty They Might Be Giants will have a new record, The World Is to Dig, coming out. Lead single “Wu-Tang” is out now, and has this handsome visualizer:

“Wu-Tang”? TMBG’s John Linnell anticipates your confusion and has an answer ready:

Many years ago, we discussed the idea of celebrating an artist or a style of music, but in the form of a completely unrelated genre of music. The original idea was a Tin Pan Alley-style song extolling the greatness of heavy metal. “Wu-Tang” was written more or less along those lines, partly inspired by their TV biopic, but void of any musical reference to the great hip-hop collective. Are we fans? Sure! Would we ever attempt to emulate their sound? Not publicly.

The TV biopic was indeed pretty good. Look for The World Is to Dig April 14 on Idlewild.