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Tegan and Sara have been busy.
This week the Canadian pop-rock duo, composed of twins Tegan and Sara Quin, will release their sixth album Sainthood, as well as a new three-book set, “On, In, and At.”
“I just love making things; I think I should have been an art teacher,” said Tegan Quin about the group’s projects. “I can’t help it. Every time we get two weeks off, I come up with something else to do.”
Sainthood, which was co-produced by Death Cab for Cutie’s Chris Walla, promises to be another album full of raw and honest lyrics. However, this time around, the twins have grown up; the vocals are not as dark as on previous albums.
“When we were making The Con, we were both ending five-year relationships and dealing with the emotions of that,” said Tegan Quin. “It was pretty dark. In the last few years, things are lighter. You get into your late twenties and things start to make a lot more sense.”
Many of the songs are still inspired by the girls’ love lives, and it shows.
“I’m obsessed with love, with my unrequited relationships,” Quin said. “And I know for Sara, she was starting to date and starting to have those feelings of love and excitement and obsessions, so a lot of her songs are about that.”
The new album also has a slightly different sound than the group’s other works.
“This record is much more of a band record, we recorded as a five piece,” Quin said. “We didn’t do a ton of overdubbing. What the five of us could play at one time is what is on the record.”
In November, Tegan and Sara will begin an international tour beginning in Europe, moving onto Canada and finally returning to play in the U.S. (and Austin) by February.
“It’s a little different [starting a tour in Europe], but it’s always an adventure,” Quin said.
“The perception of touring is that it’s a party, but really, it’s long and arduous... sometimes the shows are good, and sometimes they’re not. It can start to get really hard, but I think over the years we’ve found ways to make it fun.”
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