Last month in the studio we ate a lot of Mexican. This week we've been eating from the deli at a community market close to the studio. Tonight we took a walk on the wild side and ordered in Indian food. My meal was delicious. I ordered the Chicken Vindaloo. Chris got some strange dish I can't remember the name of. It looked almost like milk dyed pink with vegetables in it. He said it…
When we started tracking in Los Angeles, Chris Walla (producer) suggested we just follow our feelings and instinctively get through the 20 or so songs that we had settled on to record. About a week into recording we all sat down and wrote a list. Three actually. People (Tegan, Sara) were starting to wonder what WERE the priority songs? WHAT was on deck for tomorrow? Jason McGerr (drummer) suggested we prioritize certain songs and before…
yesterday was a day off. today all hell broke loose. it was real wild. like the 80's. except instead of ladies and coke (not cola) it was costumes + sugar. another tegan pop masterpiece being tracked today. i started fresh with j.m coetzee's DIARY OF A BAD YEAR. its really good. i got my pencil out and did some underlining. here is something i thought was interesting: "Rene Girard's fable of the warring twins is…
tegan was recording vocals ALL day and i was able to finish this great book on the couch. i pulled out a second book mid afternoon and chris asked, "did you finish that jonathan ames book?" and i said, "yes, and i would recommend you read it but due to the sexually explicit nature of the book, i feel a little awkward doing so". so, here i am with a sexually explicit book. it was…
Today we were a little lost in keyboard world. There was a point where I lost the will to do what we were doing. Sometimes making a record is harder than I remember it. Even though we have done this 5 times previous, I care so much about how this one turns out that I think my brain is turning to mush earlier and earlier in the day. Or its the Allegra I took this…
hello! we know, we know, it's been a while since www.teganandsara.com was interesting and up to date and not covered in dirt. but we've done it! the .com update is complete. the face lift is paid for and fully healed. sara and i are in the studio making our 6th full length album and we promise to bring you updates via video, photos and the written word every day to make up for it. tell…