Here Come The 123s

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THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS return with another children’s favorite!
The follow up to the ever popular “Here Come the ABCs” here’s the…. HERE COME THE 123’S! Featuring hits like Zeroes, Number Two, Figure Eight and The Secret Life of Six!

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They Might Be Giants are like the handful of best-selling authors who also happen to be doctors or astrophysicists: They do two things so well–in their case kids’ music and grown-up music–that it seems a little unfair, like the talent scale has been tipped too hard in their favor. Like Here Come the 123s, the follow-up to 2005’s Here Come the ABCs, and TMBG’s third kids’ record. Here the Johns–Linnell and Flansburgh–are up to their usual smart shenanigans: In “Seven,” a bunch of skinny numerals crash a stranger’s living room before settling in for some cake, and in “Nine Bowls of Soup” an ichthyosaur is so enamored of soup he works out a way to balance a multitude of bowls on his scaly body. The brilliance isn’t limited to the lyrics. The Johns know a thing or 1-2-3 about crafting seriously jammable music. Highights include “High Five,” a flippy, freewheeling dab of disco, and “One Everything,” a juiced-up, jangly rocker with a message for listeners ages 3 to 93: an untidy room actually is an insult to the omniverse. –Tammy La Gorce