While both twins are similarly involved in vocals and playing instruments, the singing of the lead melody usually goes to whichever twin wrote the particular song. Their first album, Under Feet Like Ours, was initially released under the name “Sara and Tegan”. When they were competing in Garage Warz, they were known as “Sara and Tegan” because that is how their mother registered them on the competition forms. They are signed to Neil Young’s Vapor Records in Canada, and to Sire in the United States as their previous label, Sanctuary Records, is no longer releasing new music in the United States. Since then, the two have toured with Neil Young, Rufus Wainwright, Kaki King, The Pretenders, Ben Folds, The Killers, Rachael Cantu, Vivek Shraya, Cake, Gogol Bordello, Hot Hot Heat, Ryan Adams, Veda Hille, Little Birdy, Iron On, Little Brazil, Bryan Adams, and Weezer, and they performed a show at Sarah McLachlan’s Lilith Fair. In 1998, they made an early breakthrough by winning Garage Warz Battle of the Bands, a local music competition in Calgary. In 1997, they used their school’s recording studio to record two demo albums: Who’s in Your Band? and Play Day. Tegan and Sara initially played as Plunk in 1995, and lacked a drummer and bass player. They also issued the live album/DVD Get Along in 2011. The duo has released eight studio albums so far: 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), and Love You to Death (2016). They tour with a backing band and they’re notorious for their stage banter. Both sisters play the guitar and keyboards, and write their songs.

The band consists of identical twin sisters Tegan Quin and Sara Quin (born September 19, 1980). Tegan and Sara are an indie pop/indie rock duo which formed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1995.

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