#tegan and sara
We did 3 weeks of rehearsals in Vancouver before making So Jealous. We both had a bit of a meltdown trying to turn our demos into full band arrangements. Mostly because we knew exactly what we wanted to hear, but it took months for the sound in our heads to make it onto tape.
Looking back, So Jealous is when we really started to lean into pop—we added keyboards, we smoothed out our production, we set our sights on becoming a bigger band. But we kept enough rough edges and attitude to make it our own. Plus, we cut mullets. How popular did we really want to be?
The release of So Jealous transformed our lives, and we’re forever thankful for that. We’re so grateful for all of you who’ve been around since then. 15 years later that record still finds new ears which shocks and delights us. Thank you for loving So Jealous, and us.
xoT+S
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2013 Goals: March Illustrated
- Books: Tenth of December by George Saunders & The Magicians by Lev Grossman
- Craft: Pillow for my bed & revamped spray painted lamp bases
- Dinner:Southwest Chicken Salad
- Baked Goodie: Apple Pie by Grandma Ople
- New Restaurants: Lucali’s and Bar Bruno
- New Bands: The Last Royals, Samantha Craib, MS MR, Born Ruffians & Still Corners
- Shows:
- SXSW - Nick Cave, Lord Huron, Twenty One Pilots, Tegan & Sara, Paramore, Joey Bada$$, Doug E Fresh, Public Enemy, Ice Cube, LL COOL J, Killer Mike, Vampire Weekend, The Flaming Lips, New Politics, Fall Out Boy, Charli XCX, Kitty Pryde, HAIM, Big Freedia
- Sigur Ros
- Paid Dues Festival - Black Hippy, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Tech N9ne, Jean Grae, Joey Bada$$, Trinidad James, Grieves and Hopsin
All photos copyright Shannon Stewart. Please credit.
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text reads: At her shows, Baker will sell a $10 zine featuring a series of sketches she did during the pandemic. The proceeds will benefit OUTMemphis, an LGBTQ+ drop-in center in Memphis. That said, she hopes to release a body of work for young adults in the future, citing Tegan and Sara’s 2019 memoir, “High School,” as inspiration.
“I’ve just read so many musicians’ biographies that are like, a no-holds-barred of all the messed-up stuff that’s happened to them and their rock star stories,” Baker said. “But [Tegan and Sara] just wrote about their childhood as queer women speaking to queer youths. It was such a sweet, deliberate choice to do that. And I think it could be a way to reparent my inner child.”
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Umbra Mortis
