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
You Wouldn't Like Me
Tegan and Sara Lyrics
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Do I cause new heartbreak to write
A new broken song?
Do I push it down
Or let it run me right into the ground?
I, I feel like
I wouldn't like me if I met me
Well, I can't stop talking
For fear of listening to unwelcome sound
And you haven't called me in weeks
And honestly, it's bringing me down
Oh, I, I feel like
I wouldn't like me if I met me
I, I feel like
You wouldn't like me if you met me
And don't you worry, there's still time
Don't you worry, there's still time
There's nothing to live for when I'm sleepin' alone
And I wash the windows outside
In hopes that the glare will bring you around
I, I feel like
I wouldn't like me if I met me
I, I feel like
You wouldn't like me if you met me
So don't you worry there's still time
Don't you worry there's still time
Don't you worry there's still time
Don't you worry there's still time
Sunshine is days away
I won't be saved, I know all the words
Well, I can't say
That I'll love you forever
Sunshine is days away
I won't be saved, I know all the words
I won't say
That I'll love you forever
The lyrics to Tegan and Sara's song "You Wouldn't Like Me" convey a feeling of uncertainty and self-doubt. The singer is struggling with whether to write a new heartbreak song, or let her emotions run her into the ground. She also expresses a fear of not being liked if she were to meet herself, and wonders if her own insecurities would hinder a potential relationship with someone else. The refrain "don't you worry, there's still time" is a reminder that there is still room for growth and change, and that the present is not final.
Throughout the song, the singer is grappling with feelings of loneliness and rejection - particularly when she mentions that someone hasn't called her in weeks. She also describes an attempt to catch the attention of her love interest through washing windows, but to no avail. The image of washing windows in the hopes of bringing someone around is symbolic of the effort one might put in to make a relationship work, despite the fact that it might not be reciprocated.
In the end, the singer acknowledges that she can't promise someone forever, and that "sunshine is days away". This line could be interpreted in a number of ways - as an expression of hope or optimism, or as a contrast to the darkness and uncertainty of the current moment. Overall, "You Wouldn't Like Me" is a poignant song about grappling with one's own insecurities and the difficulties of navigating relationships.
Line by Line Meaning
There's a war inside of me
There's a constant internal conflict and turmoil within me
Do I cause new heartbreak to write
Do I intentionally act in a way that will result in new emotional pain that I can turn into a song?
A new broken song?
A song that is born out of my own emotional pain and heartbreak
Do I push it down
Do I suppress my emotions and pain
Or let it run me right into the ground?
Or do I let my emotions consume and overwhelm me to the point of utter despair and depression?
I, I feel like
I have a nagging feeling that
I wouldn't like me if I met me
I wouldn't be able to stand myself if I were to meet myself
Well, I can't stop talking
I keep talking nervously and excessively because
For fear of listening to unwelcome sound
I'm scared of the silence and hearing uncomfortable truths or criticisms
And you haven't called me in weeks
You haven't contacted me in a long time
And honestly, it's bringing me down
And it's honestly making me feel sad and depressed
You wouldn't like me if you met me
You would probably not be able to stand me if you were to meet me
And don't you worry, there's still time
And don't worry, there's still time to make things right
There's nothing to live for when I'm sleepin' alone
There's no point in living if I'm sleeping alone and feeling lonely
And I wash the windows outside
I try to distract myself by washing the windows outside
In hopes that the glare will bring you around
I hope that the reflection of the sun on the window glass will make you come back to me
So don't you worry, there's still time
So don't worry, there's still time to fix things and make up for lost time
Sunshine is days away
Happiness and contentment seem far away and unattainable
I won't be saved, I know all the words
I refuse to believe that I can find salvation or redemption; I know all the cliched and empty words
Well, I can't say
I don't know if I can honestly say that
That I'll love you forever
That I'll continue to love you indefinitely
I won't say
I refuse to make empty promises that I can't keep
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Sara Quin, Tegan Quin
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