Joey Waronker contributed drums to these songs. Tegan and Sara began recording their seventh studio album, Heartthrob, on February 20, 2012. 2012–2018: Heartthrob, Love You to Death, and The Con X: Covers It was nominated for Best Long-Form Music Video at the 2013 Grammy Awards. A live CD/DVD combination package titled Get Along was released on November 15 and contained three films titled "States", "India", and "For the Most Part". In 2011, they launched "2011: A Merch Odyssey", which saw at least one new item in the official online stores every month for the entire year. Spin gave Sainthood four out of five stars and wrote, "Tegan and Sara's music may no longer be the stuff of teens, but its strength remains in how much it feels like two people talking." Tegan and Sara performing at the Polaris Music Prize Gala 2010 The song "Paperback Head" was the only song the pair wrote to appear on the album, making it the first song on any Tegan and Sara album they wrote together. While recording the album, Tegan and Sara wrote songs together in New Orleans for a week. Sainthood debuted on the Billboard 200 chart at number 21, selling 24,000 copies in its first week. Lindsey Byrnes and Ryan Russell took the photographs in the book. The duo also put out a three-volume book set titled ON, IN, AT that included stories, essays, journals, and photos of the band touring America in late 2008, writing together in New Orleans and touring Australia. On October 26, 2009, Tegan and Sara released their sixth album, Sainthood, produced by Chris Walla and Howard Redekopp. Guests and collaborators on the album included Jason McGerr of Death Cab for Cutie, Matt Sharp of The Rentals (and previously Weezer), Hunter Burgan of AFI, and Kaki King. The album was co-produced by Chris Walla. The band's 2007 album, The Con, was released by Vapor and Sire because Sanctuary no longer released new music in the United States. This album was released through both Vapor and Sanctuary. Their fourth album, So Jealous, was released in 2004 and led to wider success and attention, both locally and internationally. In 2002, Tegan and Sara released their third album, If It Was You. According to Tegan, having no manager for the first three years of their career taught them to be “very cognizant and present” in every decision. They signed with Neil Young's Vapor Records and released This Business of Art through the label in 2000. They later changed their name to "Tegan and Sara" because people regularly misheard "Sara and Tegan" as "Sara Antegan". Two songs from Red Tape and two from Orange Tape appeared on the album. , After listening to it, Elliot Roberts flew up from Los Angeles to meet them at the Starfish Room in Vancouver, and he offered them a record deal that same night. In 1999, they released their debut album, Under Feet Like Ours, as "Sara and Tegan", with producer Jared Kuemper. In May 1998, they opened for Hayden in Calgary, marking their first major show. This was followed by Orange tape and Red tape. They recorded their first professional demo called Yellow Tape under "Sara and Tegan" using this studio time. In 1998 they won Calgary's "Garage Warz" competition, which awarded them studio time. In 1997, they used their school's recording studio to record two demo albums: Who's in Your Band? and Play Day. The band was first called "Plunk", short for "light punk", due to their lack of a drummer and bassist. One of the first songs they wrote was "Tegan Didn't Go To School Today", written by Sara and recorded by the pair on cassette tape. Tegan and Sara began writing songs at 15, using an old guitar they found in their basement. History 1995–2002: Background and early work Tegan and Sara at Terminal 5, New York City, October 6, 2008 Their memoir, High School, was released on September 24, 2019, and in the fall of 2022, the TV series based on the memoir was released on Amazon Freevee. Their most recent album, Crybaby, was released on October 21, 2022. The duo has released ten studio albums and earned a Grammy nomination in 2012 for their video album Get Along. Both musicians are songwriters and multi-instrumentalists. The band is led by identical twin sisters, Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Keirsten Quin (born September 19, 1980). Tegan and Sara ( / ˈ t iː ɡ ən, ˈ s ɛər ə/) are a Canadian indie pop duo formed in 1998 in Calgary, Alberta.
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