Tegan and Sara - The Con
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Free Music Review: great
Hit: 5 Stars
it's so fresh and they keep getting better and better!
It conveys emotions that you sometimes want to keep inside, but they let the world listen to them. This is great album!
Free Music Review: dynamic duo
Hit: 5 Stars
Tegan and Sara are simply wonderful. Their music is straightforwared, engaging and tuneful. It's hard to know why they aren't better known.Free Music Review: Tegan and Sara - The Singers and Songwriters for a New Generation
Hit: 5 Stars
Everytime I think they've produced their best album, they prove me wrong. Tegan and Sara are amazing and versatile musicians. They are not afraid to try new sounds, or to take their music in new directions. I love Tegan and Sara because they are not afraid to grow. I think, though, what I love best about Tegan and Sara are their lyrics. How do they say what they say? It seems as if their hearts, ripped from their chests, serve as the pen they continue to use to write the most compelling songs.
My favorite song from this album is "Dark Come Soon". Dark, somber, and complex are words used to describe this song. Yet, I don't find this song depressing. The sheer honesty lifts it up till, it sings like a love song (it's actually and anti-love song). They somehow put into words exactly how I feel, and when you come across an album that speaks to you, or an artist that speaks FOR you, you can not walk away.
In addition to "The Con", there is also "So Jealous" (which was their previous release) and before it the brilliant "If It Was You" (**Please pick this album up first. This album is the start of the Tegan and Sara we know and love now. Their first album This Business of Art, is a little different, though it does have it's high points).
If you have an open ear, and are looking for something to drown out the white noise of today's popular music, pick up some Tegan and Sara. I sincerely feel that you will not be sorry!
Free Music Review: 3-1/2 stars -- Club music that isn't supposed to be club music
Hit: 3 Stars
I don't remember how I came across lesbian twin sisters Tegan and Sara Quin (real lesbians, not just role-players like t.A.T.u.); I think their names just popped up one day when I was Google-ing for something else. Anyway, I picked up their latest album The Con, and it's not bad, but, well, it's just an acquired taste.
Just exactly what the ladies are singing about is anyone's guess (well, the first half of the album, anyway -- but the second half also features the confusing "Like O, Like H"), but the reason why I say the album has an acquired taste is because of their vocals. One of their voices sounds "normal" (for lack of a better term) while the other sounds like the kind of voice you'd hear from a voice actor. That, and the final track "Call It Off" is pretty off-key. But the ladies do still have good harmony and rhythm.
Another thing, though, is that even though the songs don't carry any electronic beats or anything, somehow it seems like they'd only really attract attention if you were heading to the dance floor. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. Tegan and Sara are talented musicians but their vibe is pretty one-sided (and I'm not talking about their orientation), so if you're not big on the club circuit, B.I.F.
Anthony Rupert
Free Music Review: Best Album of 2007: A MUST BUY
Hit: 5 Stars
This is my favorite album of 2007 and heck my favorite of the 00's.
The highlights for me:
The Con
Back in Your Head
Hop A Plane
Soil, Soil
Burn Your Life Down
Nineteen
Dark Come Soon
So much passion and depth to all of the songs. You will be blown away I swear!