The Con remains a pivotal work in the Tegan and Sara creative timeline.
#Tegan and sarah the con full
You see who you are, and Sara and I think of ourselves as good, generous, thoughtful people that have this very full and great life." "When you look in the mirror, you don't see this horrible thing that people see. "And I think that song, Sara really summed up this idea that, pure true love is just like, you see someone you just love them, you just connect to them. There's all these misconceptions about who we are. Some people think that's like, 'Oh, you must be drinking and doing drugs and partying’. "Even the fact that we're tattooed, or musicians. "We're so well liked and beloved in so many circles, but there's still this underlying conflict in our life, which is that we know that we aren't necessarily always seen as great because of our sexuality. "'I Was Married' really reflects the part of us that struggles sometimes with our sexuality and the way that we see ourselves," Tegan explained to Zan Rowe. I look into the mirror, for evil that just does not exist' They seem so very tough, They seem so very scared of us 'Now we look up in, Into the eyes of bullies breaking backs The vibrance of the sparse piano led song make it feel like a song you could walk down the aisle to on a brisk spring day, though the dark clouds of prejudice and discrimination were never far away 'I Was Married' is both sweetly blissful and political. Like, I bought a place and it's so great from the outside, but maybe inside there's all these things happening."īeneath the surface there was certainly a lot happening.Īside from relationship turmoil, the sisters were also dealing with the loss of their grandmother expressed in songs like 'Knife Going In' and 'Burn Your Life Down'.Īlso, although they'd both long been open about their queer identities, there were very clearly issues of deep rooted homophobia and misogyny that they were ready to tackle head on.
"So The Con was just like this idea that, in a way, life's a bit of a con. And Sara was in a very settled long term relationship and had bought a place. I was kind of traveling and floundering a bit. "I was newly single out of a five year relationship and didn't own a place. So a lot of those themes felt very consistent between the songs that we were writing, even though we were writing from very different places in our lives. The pre-order starts this Wednesday, July 28."Sara and I spent a ton of time reflecting on the first 10 years of our adult life while we were writing this record. The box artwork is designed by EE STOREY, and pre-orders will also include a special limited edition poster (signed by us) inside as well. I’m so glad that we’re able to offer them with this really special collection!! This was particularly fun because some of them haven’t been heard publicly before! Just like my parent’s vinyl collection (that really only exists in my memories now…) these demos are audio snapshots of the songs that went on to become very important parts of our musical history.
#Tegan and sarah the con plus
Over the years we’ve manufactured small runs of vinyl for our tours and for limited sales online, but today we’re so thrilled to announce that we’ve gone ahead and collected ALL of our albums into one sleek box set! This Business of Art, If It Was You, So Jealous, The Con and Sainthood, plus we’ve included a special record called Home Recordings that includes demos of Fix You Up, Dark Come Soon, the Ocean and more! Soon enough I was DJ of my own Cassette Tape player and shed no tears when the turntable and vinyl collection disappeared from our lives. I was too young to be trusted with actual operation of the stereo, so I busied myself staring at the album artwork and torturing my cats with the vinyl brush. Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, The Pretenders…an Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas Collection… The record player was stacked on top of an amp with impossibly large speakers on the floor layered with dust next to it. First off, today is On Directing video premiere day! Today Canadians can view it at and the rest of the world can see it at /music.
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