Spring Break
Half of twin duo talks tour, life; to play Electric Factory
Alysson Cwyk
Issue date: 9/26/08 Section: Arts & Entertainment
Identical twins Tegan and Sara Quin launched their musical careers over a decade ago through a garage-band competition win while still in high school. They've come a long way from touring their native Canada on Greyhound busses-now playing sold-out shows worldwide and developing a fan base and following like no other.
Tegan and Sara will be embarking on yet another North American tour and are scheduled to play Philadelphia's Electric Factory Oct. 3. Recently, The Triangle interviewed Sara Quin, one half of the sisterly duo, and spoke about everything from '80s musical influences to taking Facebook photos.
The Triangle: I've been to a ton to Tegan and Sara shows for the past few years and I've gone with all different types of people - male, female, gay, straight. Everyone really enjoys the performances and atmosphere. Why do you think your music appeals to so many different types of listeners?
Sara Quin: I think the first couple years of our career, we weren't necessarily thinking about whom the audience would be-we just wanted to make music that we wanted to make. I think that we sort of progressed and realized that the bands that we grew up listening to and were really influenced by, were quite diverse and in a lot of cases were pop and rock icons. I grew up in the '80s listening to Bruce Springstein, U2, The Police, Cyndi Lauper, and I think that we were really inspired by that. And we want to make music that appeals to a mass group of people. I think that most art and music should be that way, regardless of who the person is: their gender, sexuality, background, class whatever.
It makes me very happy to see a diverse audience. I want people in the audience to like the music and ultimately come from all different kinds of places-that makes me excited. We're writing pretty universally themed music, so it makes sense to me that there would be a lot of different people in the audience who could understand or relate to it.
TT: Aside from enjoying your music, I love the stage banter at shows. It's absolutely hilarious. Do you and Tegan plan out what you'll talk about, or does it just kind of happen and you play off one another?
Tegan and Sara will be embarking on yet another North American tour and are scheduled to play Philadelphia's Electric Factory Oct. 3. Recently, The Triangle interviewed Sara Quin, one half of the sisterly duo, and spoke about everything from '80s musical influences to taking Facebook photos.
The Triangle: I've been to a ton to Tegan and Sara shows for the past few years and I've gone with all different types of people - male, female, gay, straight. Everyone really enjoys the performances and atmosphere. Why do you think your music appeals to so many different types of listeners?
Sara Quin: I think the first couple years of our career, we weren't necessarily thinking about whom the audience would be-we just wanted to make music that we wanted to make. I think that we sort of progressed and realized that the bands that we grew up listening to and were really influenced by, were quite diverse and in a lot of cases were pop and rock icons. I grew up in the '80s listening to Bruce Springstein, U2, The Police, Cyndi Lauper, and I think that we were really inspired by that. And we want to make music that appeals to a mass group of people. I think that most art and music should be that way, regardless of who the person is: their gender, sexuality, background, class whatever.
It makes me very happy to see a diverse audience. I want people in the audience to like the music and ultimately come from all different kinds of places-that makes me excited. We're writing pretty universally themed music, so it makes sense to me that there would be a lot of different people in the audience who could understand or relate to it.
TT: Aside from enjoying your music, I love the stage banter at shows. It's absolutely hilarious. Do you and Tegan plan out what you'll talk about, or does it just kind of happen and you play off one another?
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Vicki
posted 6/20/09 @ 11:54 PM EST
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