HUZZAH! THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS’ INSTANT FAN CLUB 2024 IS HERE!
THE INSTANT FAN CLUB OATH
As a TMBG Instant Fan Club member, I am a willing participant in this secret experiment in human happiness. When asked about the Instant Fan Club, I shall reply, “Oh, I don’t know. You must be thinking of some other band.”
Membership is open right now, but once the membership drive goes periscope down in a couple of weeks, the Instant Fan Club returns to its regular status as a private society, not to be seen or shared with outsiders. That’s right—the Instant Fan Club is back, beautiful, bigger than ever, and still a secret.
HAPPINESS IS HERE
Our 2024 Premiere Level includes a download and CD of our new album before the official release day, along with Beast of Horns, a compendium of live tracks with the spotlight on the remarkable horn section. There are also secret music and a ton of exclusive real-life objects, including an Instant Fan Club shirt and a first-album jigsaw puzzle. Expect an invitation to a private livestream event, along with amazing fan club things we haven’t thought of yet!
And after all these years, membership is STILL just $99!
There are also two fancier membership levels for the ultimate Instant Fan Club experience: Executive Super-Boss and Medallion.
As an Executive Super-Boss, you’ll see YOUR NAME in our next album’s liner notes along with all the other Executive Super-Bosses. You’ll also get a custom IFC cape, two 7” singles, a new TMBG setlist book, and more.
Medallion Level members get all the Premiere and Super-Boss stuff, PLUS a custom song featuring YOUR NAME (!), a custom TMBG View-Master with four discs of 3D photography by John Linnell (!!), and a big custom-made medallion (!!!).
Along with a host of other remarkable add-ons (see the very end of this offering), members can now supersize their membership with additional shirts, as well as blue canary nightlights.
Premiere level THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS' INSTANT FAN CLUB PREMIERE LEVEL
The Premiere Level membership is an overstuffed offering of surprising items and experiences that begins delivering delight today and continues through the year. Although the value of all these items and exclusives is over $185, we’ve found a way to get it all to you for just $99.
As always, all shipping and handling is totally free in the US.
PREMIERE LEVEL MEMBERS RECEIVE THESE BRAND-NEW RECORDINGS:
• Our new album, both as a download (before its official release day) and on CD, as well as the option to get vinyl copies as soon as they arrive
• Beast of Horns, both as a download and on CD
• Flood Live in America, as a download
• TMBG performing Irving Berlin's "Lazy" as a download the instant you join today
PREMIERE MEMBERS RECEIVE ALL THESE EXCLUSIVES:
• 2024 Instant Fan Club shirt
• 2024 IFC coffee mug
• 2024 IFC numbered hotel keychain
• 2024 IFC membership card
• 2024 Certificate of Thanks, created by John and/or John
• Secret music downloads
• A 2024 IFC seven-key logo embroidered patch and an IFC Premiere Level logo patch
• A 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle featuring the cover art from our first album
• Access to a digital livestream performance
• A Premiere Level sticker
• Three-pack of IFC buttons
• Access to the IFC store (where past IFC exclusives abound)
• Pride in keeping They Might Be Giants' independent musical efforts afloat!
BECOME AN INSTANT FAN CLUB MEMBER NOW
GIVE THE GIFT OF AN INSTANT FAN CLUB MEMBERSHIP NOW
THEN AGAIN, YOU COULD
TAKE IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL BECOME AN EXECUTIVE SUPER-BOSS OF THE INSTANT FAN CLUB
For just $350, join us and receive EVERYTHING in the IFC Premiere membership, PLUS THESE EXCLUSIVES:
• YOUR NAME credited in the liner notes of our new album as an Executive Super-Boss
• 2024 seven-key logo cape (yes, like a superhero cape)
• 2024 Executive Super-Boss shirt
• 2024 Executive Super-Boss coin from the imagination of Paul Sahre
• 2024 Executive Super-Boss patch
EXECUTIVE SUPER-BOSSES ALSO RECEIVE
• Two new 7" vinyl singles, including the double-A-sided “stelluB” (“Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love” performed in reverse, and then that performance reversed yet again)! The second single is still a MYSTERY.
• Rock, Rinse, Repeat: Volume 2 (the big setlist book)
BECOME AN INSTANT FAN CLUB EXECUTIVE SUPER-BOSS NOW
GIVE THE GIFT OF AN INSTANT FAN CLUB EXECUTIVE SUPER-BOSS MEMBERSHIP NOW
Achieve complete joy by
taking it all the way THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS' INSTANT FAN CLUB MEDALLION LEVEL
Many are cold; few are frozen. For $650, you’ll receive ALL of the items and experiences in both the Premiere and Executive Super-Boss levels,
PLUS THESE EXCLUSIVES:
• A custom miniature song by They Might Be Giants featuring YOUR NAME*
• A custom Medallion Level View-Master with four discs of 3D photography by John Linnell (we don’t know exactly what the View-Master will look like, but we hope it looks like this)
• The big Instant Fan Club medallion. Like, 4” in diameter.
• The first installment of the TMBG Goodz Crate, a 1:5 scale model of a crate of vinyl records
• 2024 Medallion Level zip hoodie
• 2024 Medallion Level patch
*Regarding the song. What will it be like? It will feature your name and fully produced original music by us, TMBG. It’ll be approximately 20 to 60 seconds long. Each one will be different. We will record a couple dozen musical backdrops, and some will be done spontaneously. We’re looking forward to making a miniature song for every Medallion Level member, one that you will cherish for THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
More good news: We are happy to announce that PayPal is now offering a simple installment plan. While terms and availability differ from country to country, this option is available to most folks everywhere. Look for it when checking out with PayPal.
BECOME AN INSTANT FAN MEDALLION-LEVEL MEMBER NOW
GIVE THE GIFT OF AN INSTANT FAN CLUB MEDALLION-LEVEL MEMBERSHIP NOW
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NEW MEMBERS! THE MORE YOU KNOW, THE HAPPIER YOU WILL BE!
• All US shipping and handling is free free free, all plastic cards are lovingly accepted, and PayPal is our good pal (and now offers installment payment options)
• IFC shirts are available in ALL sizes: kids, women, and unisex (up to 5XL, with no bogus upcharges)
• IFC membership allows you to order additional exclusive IFC shirts for your whole family
• You can also gift a membership to a friend
OPEN ONLY TO IFC MEMBERS: THE PRIVATE INSTANT FAN CLUB STORE
• All 2024 members get access to extremely rare, limited-quantity exclusives going back to the original IFC offering, all at special prices
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FINALLY, A WORD FROM THE BANDEXACTLY WHY WE PRAISE YOU
Hello TMBG people!
Thirteen lucky years ago, we embarked on a special yearlong project called the Instant Fan Club. The goal was ambitious: create the perfect win-win-win fan club package. You folks would receive real exclusives and unique access at an amazing price, and in return, we’d be able to continue on our musical path without kowtowing to outsiders. They Might Be Giants endures because of the long-term support of Instant Fan Club members.
We gratefully acknowledge the Instant Fan Club’s enthusiasm, involvement, loyalty, and support, which allow us to make our own way through this cruel, cruel world while staying focused on our own creative output.
We encourage you to be part of this!
—John and John, They Might Be Giants
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All sales are 100% final. Only one membership per individual. Membership is not refundable, sellable, or transferable.
For US members, shipping and handling is included in your membership. Because of customs, VAT, and international shipping costs, international orders include an additional charge of $65. Customers who add on additional items will also incur a small additional shipping charge of $5 per order.
WHEN DO THINGS START?
Now!
The moment after you hit GO here, you will receive an email with a link to download "Lazy." That will confirm that you have correctly entered your email address, and our robotic email center is getting through! Adding [email protected] to your address book is the best way to ensure our emails aren't buried in the deep, dark recesses of your spam folder. If you don’t get the email right away, contact us at [email protected] and we’ll figure out what’s gone wrong.
The first box of physical things should arrive in the middle of 2024. You will receive exclusive audio downloads as they are created or discovered. The second IFC box, including our new album, will land later in 2024, and the livestream event will happen somewhere on the road.
HIGHLY PHILOSOPHICAL BUT CRUCIAL BOILERPLATE FOR ALL FUTURE INSTANT FAN CLUB MEMBERS
Don’t wreck a special thing.
All materials from the Instant Fan Club are solely for the personal enjoyment of IFC members and IFC members alone. Instant Fan Club materials are not to be distributed or resold, electronically or physically. Idlewild Recordings reserves the right to refuse membership to any person and to cancel the membership of anyone found to be auctioning, trading, or reproducing fan club material online. They Might Be Giants, Idlewild Recordings, and their management sincerely ask all members to respect and honor the sanctity of the club and its philosophy.
Click to view Terms and Conditions for the Instant Fan Club 2024 Offering.