The last time I was introduced to new music which really blew me away was when I read about Arcade Fire on Questionable Content’s list of recommended artists several years ago.
The same thing happened to me around a month ago when a blog post mentioned and recommended Tegan and Sara’s The Con as an album one should hear in their lifetime.
However, this was not the first time I came across one of their songs. Back in February, Amanda Palmer did a cover of Tegan and Sara’s Like O, Like H . It sounded like a good cover but forgot (didn’t bother) to check them out when I got home.
Do watch the video as Amanda Palmer does share her story of discovering Tegan and Sara.
Upon hearing Tegan and Sara’s The Con, I immediately fell in love with them and had them on repeat for the last few weeks as seen in my Last.fm profile.
Sure, it says “Last 3 months” but in reality that’s 1,287 plays in less than a month and consists of only two of their five albums, If It Was You and The Con.
The Con is a brilliantly made album and it is so easy to keep on listening to it for days on end. If I had to recommend two songs of the album aside from Like O, Like H, it would be The Con and Call It Off.
The Con is their second single of the album after Back In You Head.
Call It Off is the last song from the albumand their third single. I doubt there could be any other song perfect enough to close the album. It is really quite brilliant. One of my all-time favourite songs now. It has quite a striking message as well.
Also, I don’t think I’d get tired watching this video.
The sad thing is, they have been around as a band since 1999 with The Con being released back in 2007. I just find it such a shame that I never came across them on all the year-end best albums list I’ve read and use to pick up new music. Also, why no one ever recommended them before.
The good news is that they are currently working on their sixth album which should be out late 2009.
So, if you’ve never heard of them before, do yourself a favour and try the videos included in this post which I am pretty sure you’d love then grab a copy of The Con.
