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BRCOVERSTORY BRYYZ Once I discovered I could write songs, it really replaced a lot of my other bad habits. I was less interested in drugs and drinking. In a weird way, it was a good addiction. -SARA k CONTINUED FROM PG. 23 Digging into their past led to the discovery of the first songs they wrote at 15. “Once I discovered I could write songs, it replaced my other bad habits. I was less interested in drugs and drinking,” Sara says. “In a weird way, it was a good addiction.” When others took notice of their music, Tegan was brazen with confidence, while Sara wanted to weigh the options. “Tegan was like, ‘If they don’t get it, fuck ‘em.’ And I was like, ‘Hm. If they don’t get it, I want to understand why. Are there vulnerabilities and weaknesses in what we’re doing, should we consider that?’” But she admits that it was her sister’s enthusiasm and entrepreneurial spirit that won her over. “We had grown up in the punk and alternative scene of the 1990s — if you made a dollar, you were a sell-out; your music sucked; and you were shit.” Her voice is lighthearted. “And Tegan was like, ‘let’s just make some money. We gotta pay the bills.’ She sort of recognized the privilege of even being able to decide that your art shouldn’t have value.” The twins wrote more than 40 songs in three years, 12 of which made the album. Hey, I’m Just Like You is a time capsule of teen angst, emotion, and defiance—a real-life soundtrack to their High School memoir. Lies, love, and broken hearts run the course with satisfying melodrama and head-bobbing nostalgia. “Hold My Breath Until I Die” captures the life-or-death stakes that youth injects into relationships, while the title track is a colourful celebration of friendship. Held up to Tegan and Sara’s present-day selves, the songs retain their punk heart while the album’s pop production is a testament to the twins’ musical evolution. Now idols of entrepreneurial savvy and queer resistance, the duo are still trying to reconcile individual identities with an award-winning career built heavily on their twin image. “There are strong parallels between being a twin and being famous,” Sara says. Even in strollers, people would swarm the Quins. Their parents started taking the toddlers out separately to avoid attention. “Sharing a face” had its upsides, though, like when they transferred to a new school in third grade. “I knew we could use each other as power. We could go to this new school and if we were together, people were gonna be interested. We wouldn’t be invisible.” That superpower became “claustrophobic” over the years — a “trap” that oppressed individuality, yet made the pair distinct. Does Sara still struggle with it? “Absolutely. It almost intensifies with age,” she says. The infan- TEGAN AND SARA Saturday, Oct. 5 The Vogue Theatre (Van.) Wednesday, Oct. 9 Myer Horowitz Theatre (Edmonton) Thursday, Oct. 10 Bella Concert Hall (Calgary) Thursday, Oct. 11 Bella Concert Hall (Calgary) Friday, Oct. 12 The Garrick (Winnipeg) Tix: Sold out tilization that a “fluke of science” invites is a point of contention for her. “People will ask in interviews, ‘Do you still live together?’ And I’m like, ‘Do you live with your 40 year old sibling?’” Her voice has spiked an octave. “People try to ask us the ‘classic twin questions.’ Like, I’m not gonna give you pull quotes about whether we can read each other’s thoughts. Give me a break. If I could read Tegan’s mind, we’d be in Vegas doing card tricks.” Her tone drops. “Why are there certain rules for non-twins we don’t allow for twins? Or why do we treat famous people like they don’t get the same privacy and respect that you want?” While writing both book and album, Sara rediscovered poignant confessions sprinkled among “asshole adolescent” notes. She was failing classes, but afraid to admit she didn’t want to go to post-secondary. “I was a deeply closeted, suffering, confused teenager.” She scribbled notes about living up to the expectations of my parents. “Especially my mother, who was risking it all, going back to school and working a job full-time and raising us. I can barely deal with my life and my cats.” Her mother isn’t so sure, and worries the memoir doesn’t showcase her well. “I think that’s her own self criticism because most people read the book and think she was fantastic. And she was.” For their birthday on September 19, Tegan and Sara will be working. Maybe indulge in a “nip of scotch” before bed. It’s a far cry from the experimental days of their youth, but Sara doesn’t mind. “I just wanna stare at a bird and tree, and sleep really well.” That giggle again. “I feel like it’s a nice period of my life to be creative and quiet.” Funny, since Tegan and Sara will be playing to sold out venues across the continent this fall. On second thought, the kids turned out alright. Sara’s smiles into the phone; “I think my mom’s really proud of us.” , 26 BEATROUTE AUGUST 2019
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