{"product_id":"tegan-and-sara-modern-heartthrobs-9781778430046","title":"Tegan and Sara: Modern Heartthrobs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA guide to the music and multifaceted career of musical artists and songwriters Tegan and Sara.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough\u003cbr\u003e interviews with Tegan and Sara, their collaborators, journalists and \u003cbr\u003efans, this book explores the multifaceted career of one of music's most \u003cbr\u003ecelebrated sister duos, from their start as Neil Young's protégés to \u003cbr\u003eCanadian indie-rock purveyors and, almost 15 years into their career, \u003cbr\u003emaking their riskiest transformation yet, into mainstream pop breakouts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComing\u003cbr\u003e up as grunge-loving musicians in the late '90s and early 2000s, Tegan \u003cbr\u003eand Sara found themselves awkwardly pushed into categories that didn't \u003cbr\u003equite fit: a novelty twin sister folk act when they wanted to be taken \u003cbr\u003eseriously; pop when they wanted to be indie rock; and sellouts when they\u003cbr\u003e finally made their bid for mainstream success. As young, queer \u003cbr\u003emusicians who didn't see anyone else like themselves growing up (in a \u003cbr\u003etime where Internet access hadn't yet formed global spaces and \u003cbr\u003ecommunities for LGBTQ+ people), Tegan and Sara's path to pop stardom was\u003cbr\u003e filled with familiar hurdles, but no clear instructions on how to \u003cbr\u003enavigate things like homophobic press, niche queer audiences that wanted\u003cbr\u003e to claim them, or sexism at every turn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a journey with ups \u003cbr\u003eand downs, but Tegan and Sara's perseverance--alongside a music industry \u003cbr\u003eand journalism world that's had to learn to confront its own biases --has\u003cbr\u003e helped create a musical world today that more readily accepts and \u003cbr\u003eembraces queer voices. Featuring continuous sonic transformations and \u003cbr\u003ethe occasionalfist fight, Tegan and Sara's story is essential to \u003cbr\u003eCanadian music history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Invisible Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781778430046\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160","brand":"Melody Lau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42223202697397,"sku":"9781778430046","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_09fe8722-d686-4b48-8d5e-3491984b7a8e.jpg?v=1655780258","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/tegan-and-sara-modern-heartthrobs-9781778430046","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}