Lack of dynamics be damned though as it’s hard not to love a record as fun and catchy as Love You To Death, but going forward T&S desperately need to experiment a bit more, as they aren’t likely to get away with making the same record a third time. The way Tegan and Sara’s career had been going, it was easy to expect a larger progression of sound than what their latest record ultimately has to offer. Harming the dynamics of the record, the melancholy tinge found throughout Heartthrob is almost completely absent on Love You To Death, causing lyrics about heartbreak and past relationships to feel slightly out of place on a strictly bouncy, glossy pop record. Standouts like “Boyfriend” and “Stop Desire” are impossible not to dance and sing along to, but with only ten tracks, and all but one of them being electronic, Love You To Death is undoubtedly lacking in the variety department. Love You To Death proves that the foray into synthpop wasn’t merely a fling, as its squeaky clean production, dense, bubbly arrangements, and layered hooks keep the sound embraced in Heartthrob completely intact. The duo’s decision to flirt with synthpop on Heartthrob did not happen overnight, as radio friendly hooks were abundant on all of Tegan and Sara’s albums, as were trace elements of electronic arrangements on later records. Tegan and Sara’s indie pop/folk origins developed over time into a more eclectic, artful sound that was mastered on The Con and Sainthood, but largely abandoned with Heartthrob. Love You To Death is most certainly the Canadian duo at their worst - it’s unapologetically a continuation of the synthpop sound adopted on Heartthrob, but more importantly it’s the first Tegan and Sara album in over a decade that doesn’t progress their sound. ![]() Tegan and Sara can do no wrong even at their most uninspired they manage to put out delightful music. Tags: discography tegan sara and Latest Search Queries: brazzers krissy lyn violet and daisy 1080 galaxy s2 4.4 STUDIO ALBUMS HEARTTHROB, 01 closer 02 goodbye, goodbye 03 i was a fool 04 im not your hero 05 drove me wild 06 how So Jealous is the fourth studio album by Canadian band Tegan and Sara, released on September 14, 2004.
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