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Playing March 5th at the Fox Theater in Oakland!

In support of their latest album, Sainthood, Tegan and Sara visit Amoeba Berkeley for an intimate performance and signing!

There are currently no more tickets available for the in-store performance.

Thank you to all the Tegan and Sara fans who camped out to get tickets and were at the store this morning - we'll see you next Thursday.

We will be giving away a pair of tickets to the in-store via Amoeba Berkeley's Twitter feed - follow us for your chance to tweet back and come to the show!  twitter.com/AmoebaBerkeley

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Tegan and Sara's sixth studio album - Sainthood - addresses secular themes of devotion, delusion, and exemplary behavior in the pursuit of love and relationships. Inspired by emotional longing and the quiet actions we hope may be noticed by the objects of our affection, Sainthood is about obsession with romantic ideals.

In the service of relationships we practice being perfect. We practice our sainthood in the hope that we will be rewarded with adoration. As we are driven to become anything for someone else, we sometimes become martyrs for our cause.

Love, like faith, can never be held in an individual's hands. But the story of a great love affair - especially one that is unrequited or has ended too soon - can be woven like scripture or a bedtime story. And so the themes of Sainthood are tied together by this simple title, borrowed, with great respect, from the lyrics of the Leonard Cohen song "Came So Far For Beauty:"

I practiced all my sainthood
I gave to one and all
But the rumours of my virtue
They moved her not at all

Tegan Quin and Sara Quin were born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on September 19, 1980. They are sisters. They began playing music together in high school.


Tegan and Sara played at the Hollywood Amoeba Music in July of '07 - enjoy the interview and video from their visit:

 

Live performance video here.