Tegan And Sara Finished Their New Album
Tegan And Sara‘s last album, 2013’s Heartthrob, marked a very specific time in pop music. Here were these indie darlings known for hooky, homespun, singer-songwriter-y fare releasing an exuberant blast of pop, and nobody batted an eye. Like The Weeknd‘s Beauty Behind The Madness, it was one of this era’s most successful examples of an act switching up and going pop (it debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200) and it indicated the idea of “selling out” was pretty much dead. Heartthrob of course didn’t put these trends into motion, but it encapsulated them. And we’ll soon find out where the duo landed after such a career turning point, because Tegan And Sara have finished working on album eight.
WE DID IT! WE SEQUENCED THE FREAKING RECORD. FINALLY!!!! WE MASTER OUR NEW RECORD TOMORROW!!! (ps that means it's done) #LP8
— Tegan and Sara (@teganandsara) December 1, 2015
New Santigold, new Chairlift, possibly new Tegan And Sara…if Kanye and Frank Ocean can get their acts together, 2016 could be a monster year.
Revisit Heartthrob standout “Closer” below.