April 30, 2008

sun tanning

Current mood: animated

Hello Tegan and Sara fans. I hope all of you are doing well. We are in New Mexico today and thankfully the weather is considerably more moderate than it has been for us the past few days. Upon commencing our tour a few weeks ago I thought for sure this would be the easiest, most fun tour ever! And I was correct in thinking so. Even though there were a few days that nearly pushed some of us (not me) over the edge I think overall we're actually having...fun. We always TRY and have fun on the road but when its winter and you have a cold and you get in a bus accident multiple times and hit your face on the wall of your little coffin like bunk there are moments where you're sure you picked the wrong career. But today sitting in this bright orange backstage area here in Albuquerque I think we made the right choice. We played in Phoenix last night and it was insane. Definitely one of the most fun and excitable audiences. And not because I thought they were going to lose their minds New Kids on the Block style and rush the stage but because they clapped over their heads and cheered really loud the whole night and listened to our stories and really seemed to want us to come back for an encore and when that creepy drunk person got on stage and attacked Sara they booed and because deep down inside I think they knew they were the best audience ever and so when they sang along with me in Call it off I almost kind of cried. They sounded really nice. The way singing is supposed to sound.

So here we are at the half way mark and I can't wait to see what happens next. It will be hard to trump the first few weeks. Not many people can say that in 1 week they played street hockey on the largest stage in the world, rocked it with Death Cab for Cutie in Vegas, played Leno and met Mc Dreamy and Stan Sidwell in the process, watched the sun drop below the horizon on stage at Coachella with the Breeders standing side stage (they played an amazing set and on they're on tour right now so GO SEE THEM!!) and finally, danced a jig for Uh Huh her (their new album is coming out august 19), only to end that 2 weeks performing for one of the best audiences we've ever had the pleasure to perform in front of. (thats you phoenix)

Some things of importance to tell you before I take my Unicorn for a ride:

1. Northern State are playing The Plaza Club in Vancouver on May 6th with The Trucks. If you live in Vancouver or in the surrounding area be sure to get tickets ASAP the show as it is a week away and its going to be crazy good! They are one of my favourite bands and the show is going to be so fun! You got to be there!

2. We are going to start releasing lost episodes of the Forest Fone right here on our Myspace page any day now so keep your eyes peeled. We shot Forest Fone in the basement of our house in Portland while we were making THE CON. We've spent the past few months putting together the footage with the help of our very talented friendist (friend/artist) Eli Svoboda and we are super excited for you to see them!

3. To our friends in Pittsburgh who are attending our sold out show there on May 10th we are shooting that show for a DVD we hope to release by Christmas so get your hair cut and wear your best outfits!!!! Also bring your best audience etiquette because we'll need you to be loud and crazy and singing along!!!!!

4. a live session that we recorded exclusively for iTunes is available at the iTunes store starting today!! LIVE SESSION EP: TEGAN AND SARA will feature five songs: "The Con," "Nineteen," "Back In Your Head," "Burn Your Live Down," (all from THE CON) and "Where Does The Good Go?" (from SO JEALOUS).

5. Don't forget to go check out www.myspace.com/anhorse. They are out touring with us right

now and are doing SO well! You don't want to be the last to hear about them so go check it out right now!!!!!

6. if you haven't noticed yet, last week we announced two festivals in Germany and another two shows in the UK. we are excited to be coming back, so hopefully you are excited to see us too

20 Jun 2008 Hurricane Festival - Schessel, DE

21 Jun 2008 Southside Festival - Tuttlingen, DE

23 Jun 2008 Shepherds Bush - London, UK

24 Jun 2008 ABC - Glasgow, UK

Okay everyone I'm going to sign off now but be sure to check out the OUT OF HIBERNATION photo section to see some new photos from us out here on tour! and to drop by our store at www.teganandsara.com as we have tons of new stuff up, scarves are back in stock and hoodies are on the way!

-t bird

PS Augusten Burroughs New Book Wolf At The Table came out today, I recorded a song exclusively for the Audio Version of the Book! Go out and get it today!