Tegan and Sara
Canadian indie pop duo of identical twin sisters.
Songwriting began for both Tegan and Sara when they were 14 years old, and they each play multiple instruments.[1][2]
Quick Facts
- Born
- 19 September 1980
- Birth name
- Tegan Rain Quin; Sara Keirsten Quin
- Origin
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Genre
- Indie pop
- indie folk
- synth-pop
- indie rock
- pop
- Discography
- Tegan and Sara discography
- Years active
- 1995–present
- Label
- Vapor
- Sire
- Warner
- Mom + Pop
- Current members
- Tegan Quin; Sara Quin
Facts from the source article.
Making and release
Their debut album, Under Feet Like Ours, was released in 1999 as "Sara and Tegan" with producer Jared Kuemper.[3] Because they had no drummer or bassist, the pair initially went by "Plunk", which was a shortened version of "light punk".[4] Two demo albums, So Who's in Your Band? and Play Day, were recorded by the duo in 1997 at their school's studio.[4] Studio time won as the prize for Calgary's 1998 "Garage Warz" competition allowed them to cut their first professional demo, Yellow Tape, which they released as "Sara and Tegan".[4]
Their debut major performance happened in Calgary during May 1998 when they served as the opening act for Hayden.[5] Listeners frequently confused "Sara and Tegan" with "Sara Antegan", which prompted the switch to "Tegan and Sara".[6] Chris Walla acted as co-producer for the 2007 album The Con, which included contributions from Jason McGerr and Matt Sharp among its guests.[7]
What the cited sources add
The Everything Tegan and Sara account states that the grand prize for winning Garage Warz included studio time, which the twins used to record the "Yellow Demo" tape.[8] That source also notes the Yellow Demo cassette consisted of five original songs not found on any other albums.[8] The Tegan and Sara Foundation's "About" page reports that the duo have sold more than a million records over their 20-plus-year career.[9] The same source adds that Tegan and Sara added executive producer credits after the release of the TV series High School and the Hulu documentary Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara.[9]
According to an article by Levine, Crybaby was co-produced by John Congleton alongside the duo, and its origins lie in lo-fi demos Sara created with the Keezy sampling app.[10]
References
- Wikipedia, "Tegan and Sara" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "About", Tegan and Sara Foundation; "UPI Almanac for Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019", United Press International, September 19, 2019; "North of Northwest: Tegan and Sara", Sound on the Sound - A Seattle Music Blog, September 11, 2010; "Columbus Arts Briefs", The Lantern, November 16, 2007; Gdula, "Double the power", November 21, 2000; Quin, "AT", 2009, p. 7; "About", Teganandsara.com (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tegan and Sara" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gdula, "Double the power", November 21, 2000 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tegan and Sara" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Snapes, "Tegan & Sara are from the Future", buzzfeed.com, April 7, 2016; Tegan & Sara, "Tegan & Sara 'Forever Grateful' For Elliot Roberts' Instincts and Kindness", June 27, 2019 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tegan and Sara" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Everything Tegan and Sara: Yellow/Red/Orange Demo Tapes", Everything Tegan and Sara; "Sara and Tegan - Yellow Demo (1998)" (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tegan and Sara" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wilton, "Twin teens are talk of the town", Calgary Herald, May 29, 1998 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tegan and Sara" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Levine, "Tegan and Sara: 'How have we lasted 25 years? Strategy'", July 19, 2022 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tegan and Sara" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Foucart, "Tegan & Sara Update", AbsolutePunk, February 22, 2007 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Everything Tegan and Sara: Yellow/Red/Orange Demo Tapes", Everything Tegan and Sara. facts only, no text reused. everythingteganandsara.blogspot.com
- "About", Tegan and Sara Foundation. facts only, no text reused. teganandsarafoundation.org
- Levine, "Tegan and Sara: 'How have we lasted 25 years? Strategy'", July 19, 2022. facts only, no text reused. nme.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Tegan and Sara (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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