The Con

obiwankobe · Post by **obiwankobe** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:17 am

The Con is Tegan and Sara's fifth full-length studio album, to be released on July 24, 2007. Jason McGerr of Death Cab for Cutie, Matt Sharp of The Rentals and Hunter Burgan of AFI will appear on the album.[1][2] The track listing was revealed on Tegan and Sara's MySpace on March 27, 2007.

The album was leaked on P2P networks on May 26, 2007.

Filter-Mag [1] received an early copy of the album and wrote:
“

* Produced by Death Cab For Cutie's Chris Walla, guest players include Jason McGerr from DCFC on drums, and Matt Sharp from The Rentals/Weezer and Hunter Burgan from AFI on bass (Sharp on Sara's songs, Burgan on Tegan's.)

* Written while the twin sisters were apart, resting after touring the highly acclaimed 2004 album So Jealous.

* The record sounds a little more mature than the duo's past works, which makes complete sense, as the duo is maturing. Duh. (They're 26 now, mind you.) But it also sounds a little more melancholy than past efforts, which could be a result of the sisters being apart from each other while writing. Or a result of the state of the world. Or their dog died. Who knows?

* Track 3, "The Con," takes a little influence from touring partners The Killers and Hot Hot Heat, with a synth-driven "hook" that's not quite prominent enough to be called a hook but is still pretty catchy.

* Track 5, a darker number with frantic beats and overlapping vocals, could almost be an indie rap song, but in a serious way.

* Track 6, "Back In Your Head," and 7, "Hop a Plane," are a little bit poppier and carefree-er, but we're probably not likely to hear them at baseball games, like we did "Walking with a Ghost."

* The trio of Track 9, "Burn Your Life Down," Track 10, "Nineteen," and Track 11 "Floorplan," have more stylistic elements than anything they've ever done, and sound a little fuller than anything else on the record.

* Track 13, "Dark Come Soon," sounds pretty produced and it's likely we'll be hearing it on Grey's Anatomy.

”

[edit] Track listing

1. "I Was Married" – 1:36
2. "Relief Next to Me" – 3:04
3. "The Con" – 3:33
4. "Knife Going In" – 2:13
5. "Are You Ten Years Ago" – 3:21
6. "Back In Your Head" – 3:04
7. "Hop a Plane" – 1:53
8. "Soil, Soil" – 1:27
9. "Burn Your Life Down" – 2:26
10. "Nineteen" – 3:00
11. "Floorplan" – 3:41
12. "Like O, Like H" – 2:43
13. "Dark Come Soon" – 3:11
14. "Call It Off" – 2:25

RobertKP · Post by **RobertKP** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:25 am

The all-chick panel on Jonesy's Jukebox Jury gave track 3 "The Con" a solid PANTS last Friday. That means they thought it sucked. I didn't like it either. Sounded like they were trying to prove that they can rock out like a combination of IMA ROBOT & Talking Heads but it didn't work.

The Rizen shloemoe · Post by **The Rizen shloemoe** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:40 am

Ah..."Walking with a Ghost"...I must admit at first
I went fer that "Haunting" little ditty till I started
stuffing Habanero chillis in my ear(the voices made
me do that...well that and the fact that indie
played the crap out it so much I couldn't get it "out
of my head")

P2P networks?...wasn't it nice back when you could
just leave yer client running 24/7?...I used to....
now there's a posse of RIAA lawyers after me.

...and rotter thinks my eyepatch is a thong...

wanna see the supena?...It's been a few years
I guess it's safe to share:

http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/RIAA_v_V ... hibit3.pdf

it's a .pdf....SSSHHHHH....dont tell nobody Shloemoe's
a pirate......AAAARRRRRR!!!!!

obiwankobe · Post by **obiwankobe** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:23 am

Eve 6???

obiwankobe · Post by **obiwankobe** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:33 am

Interesting, what came of this?

The Rizen shloemoe · Post by **The Rizen shloemoe** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:17 pm

My ISP wouldn't give me up...I guess...Found out
about it from google...Needless to say I pulled the
p2p plug straight away..I dont share no mo....
lernt the evils of my ways

Why not eve 6?...i like that song "promise"

"I promise not to try not to fuck with your mind
I promise not to mind if you go your way and I go mine"

special meanings fer weird ol Shloe

Glenn · Post by **Glenn** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:52 pm

Yikes,

Pretty scarey eh!

I wonder how many peeps the RIIA went after. You gotta be one of the few.

Hopefully it will go away.

If not call Joe Escalante.

Good for Earthlink. I have some faith in privacy again,

The Rizen shloemoe · Post by **The Rizen shloemoe** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 3:30 pm

Glenn wrote:Yikes,

Pretty scarey eh!

I wonder how many peeps the RIIA went after. You gotta be one of the few.

Hopefully it will go away.

If not call Joe Escalante.

Good for Earthlink. I have some faith in privacy again,

Yeah now when I run Bearshare I just get on and then off real
quick...i think them peoples could really rip ya a new one if they
wanted to.

The Rizen shloemoe · Post by **The Rizen shloemoe** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:29 pm

Ah cool new avatar Robert...seems kinda like a "John Belushi"
squirrel type look...very cool

obiwankobe · Post by **obiwankobe** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:02 pm

I like the music blogs personally. Good for your ISP!!!

RobertKP · Post by **RobertKP** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:32 pm

The Rizen shloemoe wrote:Ah cool new avatar Robert...seems kinda like a "John Belushi"
squirrel type look...very cool

Thanks. Someone else described it as a "telenovela take". It reminds me of the soap opera or melodrama parodies on the Carol Burnette Show where Harvey Korman would look into the camera & the music would go "da da daaa!"

The Rizen shloemoe · Post by **The Rizen shloemoe** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:42 pm

RobertKP wrote:
The Rizen shloemoe wrote:Ah cool new avatar Robert...seems kinda like a "John Belushi"
squirrel type look...very cool
Thanks. Someone else described it as a "telenovela take". It reminds me of the soap opera or melodrama parodies on the Carol Burnette Show where Harvey Korman would look into the camera & the music would go "da da daaa!"

Oh yeah..."It was Margrette the squirrel that bought the poison"!
That's funny!

rotter · Post by **rotter** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:15 am

tegan and sara can suck my cock...

RobertKP · Post by **RobertKP** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:59 am

They don't like cock. They're both lesbians.

rotter · Post by **rotter** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 12:51 pm

Those lesbians can suck my cock!

obiwankobe · Post by **obiwankobe** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:46 pm

they're Canadian's

RobertKP · Post by **RobertKP** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:23 pm

That's no excuse!

rotter · Post by **rotter** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:06 pm

obiwankobe wrote:they're Canadian's

Canadian lesbians like cock...did I mention Shloemoe has NO cock...right mr. peepee?

The Rizen shloemoe · Post by **The Rizen shloemoe** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:33 pm

rotter wrote:
obiwankobe wrote:they're Canadian's
Canadian lesbians like cock...did I mention Shloemoe has NO cock...right mr. peepee?

then what is that drooling all down your fair
cheeks me love?

rotter · Post by **rotter** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 5:39 pm

Maddie sat on me face.

The Rizen shloemoe · Post by **The Rizen shloemoe** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 5:53 pm

rotter wrote:Maddie sat on me face.

whatever you say dear precious!

rotter · Post by **rotter** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 5:55 pm

Go ahead...sniff my chin

The Rizen shloemoe · Post by **The Rizen shloemoe** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 5:56 pm

rotter wrote:Go ahead...sniff my chin

Na...Im cool

rotter · Post by **rotter** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 5:58 pm

Thats good cuz if you got that close to my chops I'd bite you a twin Shloe.

The Rizen shloemoe · Post by **The Rizen shloemoe** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:00 pm

rotter wrote:Thats good cuz if you got that close to my chops I'd bite you a twin Shloe.

yea...im not that keen on stuble...or hairy chicks
...so we're cool on that!

rotter · Post by **rotter** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:02 pm

hairy chicks?whats a little hair in your yap...are you a pussy coward?

The Rizen shloemoe · Post by **The Rizen shloemoe** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:03 pm

rotter wrote:hairy chicks?whats a little hair in your yap...are you a pussy coward?

tidy that shit up...that's what i say...but right about now?
fuck it ...bring on the hairy chicks!

rotter · Post by **rotter** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:05 pm

Bring on Jr and her fur cup lickin party whores!Us pirates don't care about dirty cunts ..we lick em till they sparkle....argg!

rotter · Post by **rotter** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:11 pm

Big pussy!

The Rizen shloemoe · Post by **The Rizen shloemoe** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:17 pm

rotter wrote:Big pussy!

..

wow!

rotter · Post by **rotter** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:35 am

Shloemoe amazed at big pussy.Imagine the shit from that four legged furdick.

ChispaFilthyLucre · Post by **ChispaFilthyLucre** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:04 pm

fuck me!!!!!!!!!!
what cat!!!!!!!

rotter · Post by **rotter** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:00 pm

big hairy puss...shloe like em big and hairy...and smellin' like a piss factory.

obiwankobe · Post by **obiwankobe** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:01 pm

rotter · Post by **rotter** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:02 pm

I take it Tom likes em hairy too...traps in that suck-u-luscious piss.Aahahahahhaha...stink!