Review in Finnish Magazine SOUNDI
January 2003
by ANTTI MARTTINEN
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Tegan & Sara Quin, sisters in their early twenties, have for a few years
been building a cult repuitation in North America with their unique
sounding music and by gigging with eg. Neil Young and Ryan Adams. If It Was You
is already their third long play and a very jubilant affair. The songs and
performances are influenced among others by classic pop-hits, such as
the magnificient Monday Monday Monday. The influences donŽt stop there,
there are also echoes of punk, rock and in City Girl even reggae.Tegan & Sara
are no honey throats, the charm of their songs and singing lies
somewhere in between ragged girliness and unholdable woman energy.
Sometimes such personalities as Cyndi Lauper or Patti Smith come to mind, but
whether or not the spirits of those ladies are there knowingly or not, the soup
the sisters cook up is nevertheless very tasty. They are clearly doing
something important to them, but not all the time dead seriously.Once you open
both of your ears to the sisters, youŽll notice how catchy and
irresestible their music is. And even though the moods vary from noisy
raggedness to pretty falsettos, the CD of a dozen three minute cuts
also builds a fine whole.