Tegan and Sara
“So Jealous” is the best album ever made by Tegan and Sara. The twins were born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on September 19, 1980. They got started in the music industry by initially going by the name “PLUNK” and using their school’s recording studio to record two demo albums: “Who’s in Your Band?” and “Play Day”. They also had three albums called “Orange Demo”, “Yellow Demo”, and “Red Demo”. Even though the main subject in the press seems to be their sexuality, their songs are rarely about that. The two have also expressed their aspiration to be judged solely on their music, not their gender, sexuality, nationality, or the fact that they’re twins. This album, “So Jealous” includes breathtaking lyrics which piece together fantastic songs. The beats are catchy, the songs are unique, and the duo sounds terrific. The other albums that they have made are amazing too, but “So Jealous” definitely tops them.
The album “So Jealous” has a variety of rhythm and songs. From slow sad love songs that are hardcore honest, to the hopefulness in their love lives. For example, in the song, “Bright just like the stars above me, Proud just like my mother planned it, short on all the things I don't want, I'm full of love and longing” The lyrics are amazing and really catch your attention, the style of Tegan and Sara is so unique. Most songs are about self motivation and wanting to change for the better, which I think is a positive thing. The duo of the girls voices together is incredible and the background music flows together nicely with their sound.
The album, So Jealous came out on September 14, 2004. It was co-produced by Jason McGerr of Death Cab for Cutie, Matt Sharp of The Rentals, and Hunter Burgan of AFI just to name a few. Spin Magazine had given it four out of five possible stars that year. Tegan and Sara write all of their own songs and whichever twin had written that song, leads the vocals for it too. So Jealous was the art of mostly Tegan, she wrote most of so she can sing most of the lead vocals.
“So Jealous” is a big change from their previous albums. Albums like “Under Feet Like Ours”, or “This Business of Art” are very different from their more modern albums. For example, the song, “Nineteen” from the album The Con, shows how young and inexperienced they were with lyrics. Lyrics like, “I felt you in my legs, Before I even met you, And when I laid beside you, For the first time, I told you, I feel you in my heart, And I don't even know you” which is sung to the sound of an uneven, awkward beat for the first part of the song. But now, the lyrics flow together more and make more of a point of what they’re trying to say and the message they’re trying to put out. They were 19 when they recorded they’re first album so you could say that it was a little off key and they hadn’t found the exact sound they were trying to.
In my opinion, “So Jealous” is the best album Tegan and Sara have ever made. I have many facts that support this statement. The album “Sainthood” is a very close second, I haven’t had the time to listen to it completely, but from what I have heard sounds amazing. Maybe their best is yet to come and we will be changing “So Jealous” to a second best. Hopefully Tegan and Sara will continue to record and leave the future open for more incredible music to come.
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/tegan-and-sara-so-jealous/DE5D781AC4590B34B3A9DE5D781AC4590B34B3A9
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/tegan-and-sara-walking-with-a-ghost/7CB823B7CE09BEAC28F97CB823B7CE09BEAC28F9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va9uOHGZskg
YouTube video of “Speak Slow”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bqL8o6SxUo
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