Tegan and Sara

Tegan and Sara

Tegan and Sara are a Canadian indie pop duo from Calgary, Canada. The group begins in 1998 and consists of identical twin sisters Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Keirsten Quin, who are both songwriters and multi-instrumentalists. The act is also associated with members Ted Gowans and Shaun Huberts.

Career

After issuing a series of demo recordings on cassette, Tegan and Sara release their debut album in 1999. They later sign to Neil Young’s label, Vapor Records. Over the course of their career they release ten studio albums, including Under Feet Like Ours (1999), This Business of Art (2000), If It Was You (2002), So Jealous (2004), The Con (2007), Sainthood (2009), Heartthrob (2013), Love You to Death (2016), Hey, I’m Just Like You (2019) and Crybaby (2022).

Other work and recognition

In 2011, their video album Get Along receives a Grammy nomination. In 2014, they record “Everything Is Awesome” with The Lonely Island for the soundtrack of The Lego Movie. In 2019, they publish the memoir High School, which is adapted into a television series for Amazon Freevee in 2022. Both artists are active in LGBTQ-related initiatives.

Style

The duo is identified with indie pop, and is also associated with acoustic rock, alternative rock, electropop, indie rock and pop rock.