The Con

AlbumJul 24 / 200714 songs, 36m 47s97%
Indie Pop
Popular
6.6 / 10

The sisters Quin here craft a record reminiscent of 1980s power-pop, rounded with bubbly keyboard squeals and songs about relationships. Chris Walla (Death Cab for Cutie) serves as co-producer.

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Canadian pop-rock sisters Tegan And Sara improved steadily over their first four albums, transforming from copycat '80s addicts to songwriters capable of winsome pop confections like "Monday Monday Monday" and "I Bet It Stung." The duo's biggest weakness has always been repetitiveness; they frequently settle into the…

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Album number five for the Canadian duo which finally got its UK release this week. Simon Rueben reviews.

Check out our album review of Artist's The Con on Rolling Stone.com.

Although identical twin sisters Tegan and Sara Quin first appeared in the music scene in the late '90s playing the kind of folk-rock and folk-punk more associated with other Lilith Fair (in which they participated) artists of the time, by the time 2007 rolled around they had moved into much poppier territory.

<p><strong>Sarah Boden</strong> enjoys the broken hearts and piping harmonies of Canada's lesbian twins</p>

The Con is undoubtedly as sweet as it is short.

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Tegan and Sara - The Con review: Indie pop goodness but underdeveloped