Peer Validated

Pictured:  Tegan and Sara probably aren’t from around here. 

OK, let’s start this off by saying this:  I am not a Tegan and Sara fan.  At all.  Maybe it’s the negative stigma attached to liking bands like Tegan and Sara or Bell and Sebastian, maybe it’s the fact that I find it hard to culturally relate to really attractive, canadian lesbians.  Who knows?  It’s probably my fault.  I’m willing to take responsibility, but like a certain mediocre Atlanta quarterback, only up to a point. 

Tegan and Sara have always just seemed really, erm, typical… that is until now.  Maybe it’s me growing up and pussing out, but the new T&S has some real, genuine songs on it.  I suspect that maybe T&S have done the growing though, as a lot of my friends who like them have said that this album, “doesn’t sound right”.  To which I reply, “great!” 

The standout track is definitely the song, Nineteen.  It sounds like a polished Sleater-Kinney song, with less angst and more “oh man, back to school is a bummer”.  The drums are sweet.  The vocals are tight.  The choruses soar.  Those are my scientific opinions.