Indie rocker twins Tegan & Sara released their sixth (!) studio album today, entitled Sainthood. Tegan & Sara have always been one of those bands that a lot of my friends listen to and they’re right in the pocket of music I like, but somehow I never listened to them enough to get into them. I find myself saying “Oh, yeah, Tegan & Sara are great” a good bit before realizing that I really only know like two of their songs. I think I might rectify that with this album, finally, and go back and catch up with some of their earlier stuff (and seriously, I had no idea until I checked to write this post that they have so many albums already out! Makes what I’ve accomplished in roughly the same amount of time being alive seem kinda paltry).
Here’s the video for “Hell,” the first single off the album, directed by Jamie Travis.
Links:
Official Site
Sainthood at Amazon MP3
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October 28, 2009
Here is an /excellent/ (and free and legal) start for you:
Tegan and Sara Live at The House of Blues on 2007-11-25
http://www.archive.org/details/teganandsara2007-11-25.live2cd.flac16
Available in lossless and lossy, the last show on their N.American The Con tour. Bloody good stuff
October 28, 2009
“The Con” is a great, great album. I feel the new one is trying a lot of different ideas to somewhat mixed results. Good to see them not re-writing “Back In Your Head” over and over though. There’s some more traditional T&S alongside some straight forward melodic pop (mainstream grab?). The new one has it’s moments.
October 28, 2009
One funny thing is that “Hell” (still the only one off the new album I’ve heard) reminds me a LOT of An Horse (http://www.myspace.com/anhorse) – an Australian band that Tegan and Sara basically took under their wing, bringing them on tour and giving them a huge boost in audience. I know An Horse better – they knocked around LA for a few months last year on their own – so I’m curious to know who’s the influencer here, T&S on An Horse in general, or An Horse’s first album on Sainthood. Or if they’re just generally similar and that’s why T&S picked up An Horse. They’re touring together again starting in January, after An Horse finished their current tour with Silversun Pickups and Cage the Elephant.