![]() ![]() They started as an underground act, playing pop songs they wrote on their stepdad's guitar, but now, two decades and nine albums later, they're veterans. Even though they look young, the sisters, now 38, have been in this business for almost 20 years. But, they were sharp, alert, exuding a brisk competence, a kind of grace that's both inherent and practiced. In their position, I'd rather be at home, in bed, than with me. "There's nowhere we'd rather be than here with you," Tegan opened, grinning as she settled in her chair I'm struck with the certainty that this must be a lie-they'd been working since breakfast, and they must have been exhausted. It had been a long day of back-to-back interviews and photo shoots, all to promote their new album, Hey, I'm Just Like You, a collection of songs they wrote in their teens, and their forthcoming memoir of adolescence, High School. Though I'd seen her roar into a microphone onstage, in person, I had to lean close to hear her. Often her eyes became fixed on some spot above her and to the right, like she was searching for the right words to finish her thought, and when she did speak, it was with a deliberateness and intensity that suggested she really meant what she was saying. Sara spoke slowly, and she's quieter, more pensive. She talked quickly, and with the enthusiasm of a little kid who wants to tell you a secret. We sat down to dinner at a crowded restaurant in New York's West Village, and Tegan almost immediately started cracking jokes, meeting my eyes. Up close, the musicians don't just have different styles, they each have a profoundly different presence, and it makes its mark immediately. But as soon as I met them, I knew that would be impossible. I thought I might mix them up, call Tegan "Sara," or Sara "Tegan," and embarrass myself. Identical twins, the musicians can be hard to distinguish from one another in photos: Is Sara a little taller? Does Tegan have shorter hair? Onstage, they give similarly passionate performances, wailing into their microphones, making their guitars growl like riot grrl, or race like punk rock before growing quiet, then joking and telling stories to the audience. I was worried that I wasn't going to be able to tell Tegan and Sara apart. ![]()
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