In a way, I'm also glad that the band didn't get caught in a state of arrested development. I'm just grateful that all of that hasn't meant that the band had to be finished.
Even though we've changed as people and our sound has changed and our look has changed and our approach to the industry, our goals and expectations, all those things have really changed quite dramatically from the time we started until today. What's sort of remarkable about that transformation and change is that it hasn't meant the end of the band. GS: More than a dozen years after the release of your major label debut, what would you say are the most significant elements in the evolution of Tegan and Sara as individuals and as a duo? SQ: It's a tough thing because we've changed so dramatically as people. I tend to celebrate the day by not doing it like a Hallmark commercial. We were there with a dozen other people, heckling dogs from the nosebleeds. Last year, I spent it at the dog show at Madison Square Garden with my girlfriend. Instead of "a romantic date out on the town with my gal," I generally end up in some kind of group, maybe a bunch of different friends, hanging out.
I feel like it's one of those special occasions that I am always reflexively doing the opposite of what you're probably supposed to do. But I've always had a very strange feeling about Valentine's Day. GS: (Gregg Shapiro) Sara, keeping in mind the heartbreak and heartache themes on Heartthrob, which was released just before Valentines' Day, where do you stand on the subject of that holiday? SQ: (Sara Quin) It's funny, because I think we're fairly romantic and sentimental in terms of our personal lives and who we are. I had the pleasure of speaking with Sara shortly after the release of the disc. The songs "Closer" and "Drove Me Wild," are full-fledged club anthems, placing Tegan and Sara firmly in dance diva territory. Heartthrob pulses with a set of irresistible songs, incorporating trademarks of their style, such as infectious melodies, vocal interplay and harmonies and a distinctive use of lyric repetition. Their latest disc, Heartthrob (WB/Vapor), is the culmination of those efforts. Tegan and Sara, the duo consisting of openly gay, Canadian twin sisters Tegan Quin and Sara Quin, and their band, have been evolving from singer/songwriter acoustics to fuller arrangements drawing on a variety of influences, particularly those of an electronic nature.
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