Tegan and Sara Announce Ninth Album, Hey, I’m Just Like You
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Fresh off announcing the release of a new joint memoir titled High School, Canadian indie-pop power duo Tegan and Sara have revealed their ninth album will hit shelves Sept. 27.
Somewhat of a sonic counterpart to their memoir, Hey, I’m Just Like You is made up of new recordings and remasters of the duo’s first songs, written over 20 years ago.
“While working on our memoir, we discovered lost cassette tapes that had been unheard for over 20 years,” Tegan Quin says in a statement. “They contained dozens of our first songs, written between the ages of 15 and 17 … we immediately recognized the songs as an essential part of our high school story.”
Though minor tweaks were made to some of the tracks’ lyrics and structures, the rerecorded early demos featured on the album are largely untouched and capture the tumults of young adulthood—first loves, first losses and clandestine friendships.
The follow-up to 2016’s Love You to Death, the band’s ninth studio album is described as a return to their rock and punk roots, and marks the first Tegan and Sara record created with a team of all women.
