ADAM: Thanks for doing our interview. How's life these days?
TEGAN: Well, Adam, we are on the road right now and I think yesterday or tomorrow, whichever, is the one month mark. Last week I had a bout with a cold/flu thing that only seemed to snag me as its victim. And you know how it is when you are crammed into a tiny minivan with three other people and 19 pieces of luggage! No one minds the sniffing, coughing and incessant whining and pleas to kill you swiftly. We're all doing great.
ADAM: The recent history of music is littered with bickering brothers--Beach Boys, The Kinks, Oasis, Black Crowes, ad nauseum. I guess there's Heart, but there seems to a shortage of sisters on Behind The Music. Are you two getting enough material for an episode or has it been relatively smooth sailing?
TEGAN: Sara was a great sister, but I just couldn't have her on the road with me. We were too close to serial murder. I had her quietly removed and her lookalike replacement doesn't seem to mind not being spoken to or answered. Sara, by the way, likes her new home and thinks bridge and endless TV and field trips with the 'old folks' is neat. Hi, Sara.
ADAM: In reading past interviews with you two, I get the impression that touring isn't your favorite activity in the world. Do you prefer writing and recording to touring and performing?
TEGAN: Totally. There is something about creating that makes music so much fun. To go inot the writing process and have months to prepare and rehearse was so inspiring. Recording was a blast, too. We took a few months to really get into the songs and then by the time we got into the studio it went quickly. It was so much fun to hear our creations become fully produced songs. To play them in the car on the way home each night made up for months of sitting in a tiny car on the Interstate. We don't hate touring, by the way, we just get irritable quickly. If we could somehow get to the shows without all the work, life would be perfect.
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