From my CD Rack
Tegan & Sara - So Jealous
I just love it when artists fuse pop sensability with something that can only be described as…more. And thats exactly what these lesbian twins managed to do. What? Hey! Why is it that everybody I say that to are like "WTF? They’re lesbian and incestious?" Come on, you wouldn’t say that about hetero-twins of opposite sex, would you?
Well this album can only be described as sweet. Great for sunday drives and great for lazing with a girl on your lap. Their voices are as one of my malay friends described, manja, so sweet you would excuse the heavy use of chorus effects and double-recording. The instrumentals are minimal, such that when the occasional keyboard or distorted guitar kicks in, you REALLY savor it.
For the musically aware, this is their sophomore effort, being backed up by two members of the New Pornographers.
The songwriting comes across as brutally honest, and this is much much more edible than the Yeah Yeah Yeahs to me. It is very much 80’s pop-punk rehashed. Very catchy at times.
For a guaranteed good listen, check out I know, I know, I know, Fix You Up and Downtown. And then when you like it, go out and buy the album like a decent person. Ahem.
Snag this up if you like Sleater-Kinney or Indigo Girls.
