Then there are the artists that we love and think are the next generation of amazing, important, crucial voices, like Ruth B., and Shamir, and Mykki Blanco and Shura. Bands like CHVRCHES and City and Color, and Jack from Bleachers. Then there are the group of artists that are our peers that we toured with and came up with and are on the same level as. They really do sort of fit into Ryan Adams, Cyndi Lauper category who supported me and Tegan in our early 20s and really gave us our first important jobs. Quin: It’s an interesting group of people. Studarus: And now you’re reaching out to bands to cover this album, which seems appropriate given how much support other musicians have given you in the past. I would have never guessed that we would have been so embraced in our shift into pop music. But I would have never imagined that touring would become the main source of income for both of us. I always knew our touring career would be a big part of why people connected to us and what we needed to do. We would be talking about streaming platforms. I wouldn’t have guessed that we wouldn’t even be focused on selling things anymore. For me, I don’t think I would have been able to project that 10 years down the road we’d have a million followers on Facebook and that Tegan and I aren’t popular but our cat is. It was all about picking up the dailies when you got into the city on tour and reading your interview. Physically putting something in someone’s hand so they could listen to it. That album was about albums and selling things and signing things. It was the last time that everything was physical. The Con was really our last analogue approach. Quin: I was pontificating on this earlier and started really tripping out. Studarus: What would have surprised you the most about the last 10 years? There was a cruel injustice to the fact that for the first time in my life I didn’t actually feel very prepared to share that stuff with people. My life is a disaster and everything is falling apart.” And we were the most popular we had ever been. It was the only time in my life I could remember thinking “I don’t want to play these songs for people. For me, the songs are still profoundly sad. We’re happy to be celebrating 10 years because it’s like I get to redo the album. Who listens to The Con and thinks that’s a happy group of people? We were f**king miserable. We were going through the first substantial deaths in our lives, I was going through a divorce. People are like “ The Con was amazing for you guys! You must have had the best time! It’s the biggest album of your career!” I’m like, “Well, that’s okay that’s interesting spin on the narrative.” It was actually a profoundly depressing time. Studarus: So there’s a few sentimental ties going on here.
I’m like, “Um, hello? We put out three more albums since then.”
She’s a sarcastic person but she always says, “Finally you’re revisiting The Con!” She acts like it’s the only record she likes from Tegan and Sara. Sara Quin: What’s so funny, I’ve been in a relationship for seven years with a woman. Laura Studarus: Hard to believe it’s been 10 years since The Con. A covers album, where upcoming and established artists (Hello there, Cyndi Lauper!) And the newly established Tegan and Sara foundation, a philanthropic cornerstone of the musicians’ career that, as Quin explains it, represents a mission she plans on devoting a lifetime to. There’s the tour, which given the band’s propensity for tight performances and witty onstage banter is largely sold out. It’s why the eve of Tegan and Sara’s 10-year anniversary tour behind the album, the Canadian singer-songwriters are looking forward to getting the rare opportunity to rewrite history. I would say that record and touring that record was the worst time of my life.” “But I keep ending up going through this really negative stuff….Who listens to The Con and thinks that’s a happy group of people? We were f**king miserable. “I’ve been doing hours and hours of prep trying to come up with original antidotes and new answers to everyone’s questions,” she admits, calling from the band’s temporary rehearsal space in Los Angeles.
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