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‘s new album Sainthood is out Oct. 27th. There is a distinctive growth in their sound, while somehow maintaining that teenaged romanticism- mulling over heartbreak in their heads, analysing how it all went down, trying to get inside someone’s head. It’s often the same themes that bleed into every album- this album was packaged in a safer shell than The Con that flirted with electronic, acoustic, rock and a variation of all three- creating an altogether unique sound- while this album is more consistent.
It’s got more of a pop punk feel, with songs like ‘Northshore’ that I think sounds a little like Subterranean Homesick Blues- but most people would probably disagree. ‘Someday’ is my favorite track, where it goes, “might do something that I’d be proud of someday, mark my words I might be something someday” less of a motivational anthem, more of a denial of a broken heart and only the ‘mights’ to hold up their wounded pride. It’s got those roundabout harmonies towards the end that float right into the next track, ‘Hell’ their powerful first single that is filled with all the lyrical ambiguities that somehow just work even though you have no idea what they’re ‘feeling too’.
Tegan and Sara- Someday
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Tegan and Sara- Arrow
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Tegan and Sara- Northshore
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