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Tegan and Sara's sixth studio album - Sainthood - addresses secular themes of devotion, delusion, and exemplary behavior in the pursuit of love andrelationships. Inspired by emotional longing and the quiet actions we hope may be noticed by the objects of our affection, Sainthood is about obsession with romantic ideals.In the service of relationships we practice being perfect. We practice our sainthood in the hope that we will be rewarded with adoration. As we are driven to become anything for someone else, we sometimes become martyrs for our cause.Love, like faith, can never be held in an individual's hands. But the story of a great love affair - especially one that is unrequited or has ended too soon - can be woven like scripture or a bedtime story. And so the themes of Sainthood are tied together by this simple title, borrowed, with great respect, from the lyrics of the Leonard Cohen song 'Came So Far For Beauty.'
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Reviews:
Their Best Yet
Tegan and Sara are one of my very favorite rock acts still putting out albums. Unlike most people, I didn't love The Con--it was good, interesting and atmospheric, with a few memorable songs, but overall I thought its high points couldn't match the high points of So Jealous, like "Walking," "You Wouldn't," "I Won't Be Left" and "Take Me Anywhere." Sorry, I know The Con was a more sophisticated album in many ways, but, to me, it was also more boring.
I think they have returned to form, in a way, on this one, while also incorporating some of the more complicated musical and sonic ideas they started playing with on The Con. It's the best of both worlds--a real, congruent album, not just a handful of singles with some decent filler, which you could criticize So Jealous of being, but also missing none of the fantastic hooks the sisses are so good at. Sainthood really pops; it's very energetic, but also adult, without being indulgently experimental or just flat-out boring. Standouts to me are... actually I really like almost all the songs. There are a few--three, maybe--that don't speak to me that much, but everything else I really dig, even though they are all quite different. Their music has evolved and is better than ever but hasn't lost the passion and energy that make it so appealing. So, T&S, thanks for making my runs go by so quickly and enjoyably! (My main reason for replenishing my iPod these days.) And congrats for sticking with it and really persevering as musicians over the years; you just keep getting better.
Buy It
I was skeptical about this album because I can't see how T&S can top The Con and So Jealous. But I had to remind myself that I had to listen to those albums at least twice before I had a hold of it. The same with Sainthood. "Sentimental Tune" brings out Sara's beautiful backround voice that I can't get enough of. "On Directing" brings me back to 2007, nostalgia forever. "Someday" rocks my bones. Any thing Tegan and Sara are always must-haves.
Greastest CD ever!!!!! By the greatest band ever!!!!!!!!!!!
"If It Was You" Was so completley awesome that I felt as if I could throw out all my other cd's and steamroll them because I thought "Now that I have obviously heard the greatest band ever I don't need any other band's in my life fudging up my brain. Then,ever since "so jealous", I know everybody and their grandma found them with that cd, but, ever since I first heard the first song on that cd, I felt as if "I can die now, I've lived completley". Then, I heard the second song on that cd and decided I didn't want to die...yet, then I heard "The Con" and I was like "oh balls!!!!!" I have to conitnue to live till at least one day after tegan and sara die. That way I can hear everything they have done or will do. Now all I really listen to is tegan and sara, I mean when I got an email saying that they were coming to houston, I sat up all night, listening to "Sainthood" on their myspace, waiting for the pre-sale tickets to start. I even pre-ordered the cd with the three books they did and I even paid extra so I could an autographed rorschach print. I love them completley. They are the greatest. BTW, I didn't mean for this to sound as emo as it does.
Tegan and Sara just keep getting better
This album is definitely a notch above "The Con" which itself was better than "So Jealous." I pre-ordered after seeing them in their latest concert (also great, an incredible amount of energy and brilliant stage presence) and picked it up -- along with 500 hundred other lucky fans -- at Stories where my copy was signed by Tegan and Sara in person.
These two are really fan-friendly and made an effort to spend quality time with everyone and find something to talk about with each fan.
The album is just awesome. Get it.
Fresh
This is an awesome cd. Tegan & Sara have reinvented the melody, from the con & brought something new & fresh to the table. The production is awesome too.
Arrow, Hell & Alligator are worth the bucks.
