![]() "So The Con was just like this idea that, in a way, life's a bit of a con. And Sara was in a very settled long term relationship and had bought a place. I was kind of traveling and floundering a bit. "I was newly single out of a five year relationship and didn't own a place. So a lot of those themes felt very consistent between the songs that we were writing, even though we were writing from very different places in our lives. The pair's last original studio effort was 2016's Love You to Death."Sara and I spent a ton of time reflecting on the first 10 years of our adult life while we were writing this record. Last year, Tegan and Sara released The Con X: Covers, an anniversary collection featuring reinterpretations of songs from their fifth album from the likes of Chvrches, Ryan Adams, Grimes, City and Colour and more. The fact that it's written by world-famous musicians and LGBTQ icons is.well, honestly, that's exciting too." For me, the real thrill of High School is how naturally that translates to the page - what strong and distinct literary voices they have, and that their book is at once urgent and gorgeous, that it fairly demands to be read. MCD publisher Sean McDonald added, "Anyone who's paid attention to Tegan and Sara's lyrics already knows what sensitive and engaging storytellers they are. Writing High School gives us the opportunity to tell the intricate stories that shaped our relationship as sisters, musicians, and queer girls." In a statement, Tegan and Sara themselves explained: "How did you start your band? When did you know that you were gay? What were you like before Tegan and Sara? We have spent twenty years answering those complicated questions with simple answers. A transcendent story of first loves and first songs, it captures the tangle of discordant and parallel memories of two sisters who grew up in distinct ways even as they lived just down the hall from one another. Written in alternating chapters from both Tegan's point of view and Sara's, the book is a raw account of the drugs, alcohol, love, music and friendship they explored in their formative years. While grappling with their identity and sexuality, often alone, they also faced academic meltdown, their parents' divorce, and the looming pressure of what might come after high school. High School is the revelatory and unique coming-of-age story of Sara and Tegan Quin, identical twins from Calgary, Alberta, growing up in the height of grunge and rave culture in the 90s, well before they became the celebrated musicians and global LGBTQ icons we know today. In an abstract, the book is said to be "the origin story of Tegan and Sara": Titled High School, the memoir will arrive September 24 through Simon & Schuster/ MCD/ Virago. With two decades of music-making and eight studio albums under their belt, Tegan and Sara are set to reflect on their career to this point in a new memoir arriving next year.
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