Tegan and Sara

August 14, 2007

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We heart Tegan & Sara. In fact, we recently alerted you to their newest album release “The Con.” Recently they sat down with MTV, who apparently still pay attention to this music thing, to talk about their song “I Was Married.”

“It’s a political song … but it’s a personal song,” said Sara Quin, one-half of the sister act. And it best describes the bands latest work. What we’ve come to love most about Tegan & Sara is that they never hit you over the head with their sexuality. For a rock group, they meddle a lot in understatement, both musically and lyrically.

MTV points this out in relation to their song “I Was Married,” the succinct, contemplative balled that serves as the first track on the new album. The lyrics address the twin sister’s anger and sadness toward government’s “control against the rule of one magnet to another magnet,” a quite lovely line all told.

“There is homophobia in every corner and pocket of this world, but at the core … you just love someone and want to make mixtapes for them.”

“Married” is not the only song that tackles relationships, although it is perhaps the most politically engaged. The last song, “Call It Off” also addresses the personal obstacles to love along with more public impediments. The order of songs seem to suggest intention, with “Call It Off” serving as a final send off but, as MTV points out, at a recent concert at New York’s Hiro Ballroom Tegan & Sara played songs in reverse order, sending fans home with the hopeful lyrics of “I Was Married.”

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