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Canadian twins, Tegan and Sara return to Australia in December 2007 to tour and support the release of THE CON, their follow up album to the hugely successful 2004 album SO JEALOUS – named one of the 50 best albums of 2004 by Rolling Stone magazine.

Co-produced by Christopher Walla (Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists) with Tegan Quin and Sara Quin, the record was cut in Portland, Oregon at Walla's Alberta Court studio. Having taken a break after the success and non-stop touring behind SO JEALOUS, Tegan and Sara spent months apart while continuing to write and record songs that would eventually make the cut on THE CON. Using their self-produced home recordings as the template for the final recording process with Walla, they collaborated with Death Cab's Jason McGerr on drums along with AFI's Hunter Burgan and The Rentals’ Matt Sharp, both on bass.

Tegan and Sara will take their show on the road in Australia this December with some special guests to be announced.

“…Somehow “The Con" is even more obsessive-sounding than Tegan and Sara's earlier work, and it's probably even better; it could well be one of the year's best albums. One typically transfixing song, ‘Relief Next to Me’, begins with a forthright admission over an electronic bass line: "I miss you now/I guess, like I should have missed you then."  Then guitars tangle and knot, building to a stubborn, weirdly triumphant chorus: "But I promise this/I won't go my whole life telling you I don't need - ." You wait for the last word, then realize you've already heard it…There are plenty of albums to like, but this (fittingly enough) is one to obsess over.� NEW YORK TIMES

The Con is digitally available and in stores now through Warner Music Australia.

Australian Tour Dates
TIX on Sale August 13th

Mon Dec 10 Metropolis Fremantle WA
Presented by Drum Media Perth Doors: 8.00pm
58 South Terrace, Fremantle, WA, 6962
Tickets: Mills (Fremantle), Star Surf (Perth), Planet (Mt Lawley), Beat (Karrinyup) & www.heatseeker.com.au

Wed Dec 12 Forum Theatre Melbourne VIC
Doors: 7.30pm
154 Flinders Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000
Tickets: www.ticketek.com.au (ph: 132 849)

Thu Dec 13 Enmore Theatre Sydney NSW
Doors: 7.00pm
118-132 Enmore Road, Newtown NSW, 2042
Tickets: www.ticketek.com.au (ph: 132 849)

Sat Dec 15 Tivoli Theatre Brisbane QLD Presented by RAVE Doors: 6.30pm
52 Costin Street, Fortitude Valley, QLD, 4006
Tickets: www.ticketek.com.au (ph: 132 849)

www.teganandsara.com www.myspace.com/teganandsara

Stay tuned to generationQ for concert review and possible interview with the ladies themselves.