Tegan and Sara are an indie pop/indie rock duo which formed in Calgary, Alb… Read Full Bio ↴Tegan and Sara are an indie pop/indie rock duo which formed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1995. The band consists of identical twin sisters Tegan Quin and Sara Quin (born September 19, 1980). Both sisters play the guitar and keyboards, and write their songs. They tour with a backing band and they're notorious for their stage banter.

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

hop a plane
Tegan and Sara Lyrics

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I took the train back
Back to where I came from
I took it all alone
It's been so long I know
Imagine me there
My heart asleep with no air
Begging ocean please
Help me drown these memories

All I need to hear is that
You're not mine
You're not mine

I'm moving east
There's somewhere far away from
The sight of my hands
The sight of me not moving
You can't just hop a plane
And come and visit me again
I claim it's in my head
And I regret offering

All I need to hear is that
You're not mine
You're not mine

All I want to hear is that
You're not mine
You're not mine

You take a second take a second
take a year take a year
You took me out and took me in
and told me all of this
And then you take a moment take a moment
take a year take a year
You help me out I listen in
you taught me all of this and then

All I want to hear is that
You're not mine
You're not mine

All I want to hear is that
You're not mine
You're not mine

All I need to hear is that
You're not mine
You're not mine

All I want to hear is that

You're not mine
You're not mine

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Tegan and Sara's song Hop A Plane convey a longing to escape the painful memories of a past relationship. The first stanza describes the singer taking a train back to where they came from, all by themselves. It's been so long since they've been there, and it's like their heart is asleep with no air, begging the ocean to help them drown their memories. The second stanza expresses a desire to move away to somewhere far east, where they won't be reminded of the sight of their hands and not moving. They claim that it's all in their head and regret offering to visit. The repetition of the refrain, "All I want to hear is that you're not mine," emphasizes the yearning to hear confirmation that their ex-partner is no longer theirs.

The use of the phrase "begging ocean please" implies a helplessness and a desire for release from the pain of memories. The line "You can't just hop a plane and come and visit me again" hints at a past period of trying to reconcile, but that possibility is now off the table. The singer acknowledges that they need to hear that their ex-partner is not theirs to break free from the memories of the past. The repeated phrase "take a second/take a year" might refer to the time that's passing between the present and the past relationship.

Overall, the song is an evocative portrayal of the aftermath of a painful breakup, with a longing for closure and a desire to escape its persistent reminders.

Line by Line Meaning

I took the train back
I returned home by train

Back to where I came from
I went back to my place of origin

I took it all alone
I traveled without any company

It's been so long I know
It has been a long time

Imagine me there
Picture me at that place

My heart asleep with no air
My emotions are suppressed

Begging ocean please
Asking the sea for help

Help me drown these memories
Help me forget my past

All I need to hear is that
The only thing I want to hear is

You're not mine
You don't belong to me

I'm moving east
I'm relocating to the eastern part