The duo has released nine studio albums so far: Under Feet Like Ours (1999), This Business of Art (2000), If It Was You (2002), So Jealous (2004), The Con (2007), Sainthood (2009), Heartthrob (2013), Love You to Death (2016) and Hey, I'm Just Like You (2019). They also issued the live album/DVD Get Along in 2011 and their memoir High School in 2019.
Tegan and Sara initially played as Plunk in 1995, and lacked a drummer and bass player. In 1997, they used their school’s recording studio to record two demo albums: Who's in Your Band? and Play Day.
In 1998, they made an early breakthrough by winning Garage Warz Battle of the Bands, a local music competition in Calgary. Since then, the two have toured with Neil Young, Rufus Wainwright, Kaki King, The Pretenders, Ben Folds, The Killers, Rachael Cantu, Vivek Shraya, Cake, Gogol Bordello, Hot Hot Heat, Ryan Adams, Veda Hille, Little Birdy, Iron On, Little Brazil, Bryan Adams, and Weezer, and they performed a show at Sarah McLachlan's Lilith Fair.
They are signed to Neil Young's Vapor Records in Canada, and to Sire in the United States as their previous label, Sanctuary Records, is no longer releasing new music in the United States.
When they were competing in Garage Warz, they were known as "Sara and Tegan" because that is how their mother registered them on the competition forms. Their first album, Under Feet Like Ours, was initially released under the name "Sara and Tegan". While both twins are similarly involved in vocals and playing instruments, the singing of the lead melody usually goes to whichever twin wrote the particular song. The two hardly sang together in the recordings of their early records, but they started to more on their later records and when live.
On their 2004 album, So Jealous, the two lend their unusual voices and simple guitar riffs to power pop ballads about love and emotional, haunting songs such as "Walking With a Ghost".
The fifth album, The Con, released July 24, 2007, showed a shift in style towards darker tunes compared to the relatively upbeat indie pop of So Jealous. The singles "Back in Your Head", "The Con" and "Call It Off" were issued to support the album. The twins toured the album for over a year and a half.
Their sixth studio album, entitled Sainthood, was released on October 27th, 2009, to generally positive reviews. The album included the singles "Hell", "Alligator", "On Directing" and "Northshore".
Tegan and Sara also collaborated with many other artists, including Tiësto for the single "Feel It in My Bones" (from the album Kaleidoscope, 2009), and Morgan Page for the single "Body Work" (from the album In the Air, 2012).
"Closer", the first single from their seventh album was produced by Californian pop producer Greg Kurstin. The song was made available for download September 25, 2012. On 29 January 2013, Tegan and Sara released their seventh studio album, Heartthrob.
The duo's eighth studio album, titled Love You To Death, was released on 3 June 2016. The lead single Boyfriend was released on 8 April. Greg Kurstin returned as the producer.
On October 20, 2017, the duo released a compilation album titled Tegan and Sara Present the Con X: Covers, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of The Con. The compilation contains covers of each song performed by various artists, as well as a previously unreleased demo “Miami Still”, performed by the duo. The proceeds of the record and subsequent tour benefitted the Tegan and Sara Foundation, which raises money for self-identified women and girls in the LGBTQ community.
The duo released their memoir, High School, on 27 September 2019. It recounts their childhood and adolescence growing up in Alberta in the 1990s as well as their musical beginnings. The book debuted at number fifteen on The New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction best-sellers list. Along with the book, Tegan and Sara's released their ninth studio album, Hey, I'm Just Like You, which contains re-recordings of unreleased demo songs that the duo recorded as teenagers. The record was produced by Alex Hope and is the first Tegan and Sara record produced, performed, engineered, mixed, and mastered by a team of all women. The band embarked on a US, Canada and UK tour to promote the book and album, playing mostly acoustically, reading excerpts from the book and incorporating old video footage from the band's teenage years.
The current live touring band members include Ted Gowans (guitar; 2004-present), Jasper Leak (bass; 2012-present), John Spence (keyboards; 2012-present), and Adam Christgau (drums; 2013-present). Former live touring band members include Johnny Andrews (drums; 2006-2010), Shaun Huberts (bass; 2007-2010), Dan Kelly (bass; 2007), Chris Carlson (bass; 2001-2005), Rob Chursinoff (drums; 2001-2005) and Jason McGerr (drums; 2012).
Official site: http://www.teganandsara.com
Come On Kids
Tegan and Sara Lyrics
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Cause we were dead already, dying
Endless nights took on my whole life
Or so I thought
It turns out all your friends
They were just mean, dressed up
So, come on kids eat those pills
You got your whole life to lose
That wear their feet too big for their shoes
We've got cities to visit
We've got trees we've yet to live in
And so get yourself on top of me
Before I'm gone, gone, gone
We were so young
I thought that acting old
Would give me all your love
Give me all you've got
So come on kids eat those pills
You've got your whole life to lose
We've got so many friends
That wear their feet too big for their shoes
We've got cities to visit
We've got trees we've yet to live in
So get yourself on top of me
Before I'm gone, gone, gone
And all night long
On your front lawn
You'd build me a neon village
And you said bring on new diseases
If they're good for you
Then they'll be good for me
Yeah, if it's good for you then it's good for me
If it's good for you then it's good for me
So come on kids eat those pills
You've got your whole life to lose
We've got so many friends
That wear their feet too big for their shoes
We've got cities to visit
We've got trees we've yet to live in
And so get yourself on top of me
Before I'm gone gone gone
And we've got so many friends
That wear their feet too big for their shoes
We've got so many friends
That wear their feet too big for their shoes
At its heart, Tegan and Sara's song "Come On Kids" is a call to live life to the fullest and not get bogged down by worries or doubts. The lyrics speak to a sense of freedom and recklessness that comes with youth, with the singer reminiscing on times when they were so high they thought they would die. However, as the song progresses, it becomes clear that this euphoria was merely a symptom of feeling lost and alone. The singer realizes that their friends were not true friends, but rather "mean, dressed up" individuals who gave the illusion of belonging. The call to "eat those pills" comes across as an invitation to escape, to embrace the unknown and let go of the fear that holds one back.
There is a sense of urgency to the song, with the repetition of "before I'm gone, gone, gone" conveying a sense of time slipping away. The neon village built on the front lawn can be seen as a metaphor for the vividness of life, with the singer willing to embrace anything, even new diseases, if it means living fully. This sense of rebellion is echoed in the line "if it's good for you then it's good for me," emphasizing the importance of living for oneself rather than conforming to societal expectations. Overall, "Come On Kids" encourages listeners to grab life with both hands and not let it slip away before it's too late.
Line by Line Meaning
We were so high we thought we'd definitely die
Due to the excess use of drugs, we felt like we were about to die
Cause we were dead already, dying
The drugs had already killed us from the inside, leaving us gasping for air
Endless nights took on my whole life
The nights felt never-ending, taking over the entirety of my life
Or so I thought
This perception was solely in my head
It turns out all your friends
They were just mean, dressed up
Upon closer inspection, your so-called friends were just pretending to be kind and compassionate
So, come on kids eat those pills
You got your whole life to lose
Don't be afraid to indulge in dangerous activities, you still have a lot of time to live or lose
We've got so many friends
That wear their feet too big for their shoes
We know many people who try to fit into a persona that doesn't suit them, pretending to be someone they're not
We've got cities to visit
We've got trees we've yet to live in
There are so many places to see and things to do that we have not even begun to experience
And so get yourself on top of me
Before I'm gone, gone, gone
A call to live in the moment and not waste time, seize the opportunity before it's too late
We were so young
I thought that acting old
Would give me all your love
Give me all you've got
Inexperienced young love, trying to act more mature in hopes of gaining deeper affection from the other person
And all night long
On your front lawn
You'd build me a neon village
Recreating a dreamlike world on the front lawn, a place to escape reality
And you said bring on new diseases
If they're good for you
Then they'll be good for me
Yeah, if it's good for you then it's good for me
A naive belief that anything that benefits the other person would also benefit themselves, regardless of the potential danger
And we've got so many friends
That wear their feet too big for their shoes
We've got so many friends
That wear their feet too big for their shoes
Reinforcing the idea that many people pretend to be someone they're not and how easy it is to fall into that trap
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Sara Keirsten Quin, Tegan Rain Quin
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Claire K
why did i not know this song existed. i love it
M
Thank you for uploading!!!
Chris Leyba
Can Tegan be anymore HOT on this song???
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