Tegan and Sara - Hillside Friday (July 25/14)

Tegan and Sara were headlining the main stage Friday night. I was excited to see them for the first time live, especially following the release of their recent album. Thing was I had seen them before and just didn't remember which doesn't bode well. I was expecting a polished show due to the last release but things were so squeaky there wasn't much room for anything interesting. Yes, they broke out their guitars and they sang some older songs and they chatted with the crowd to show their personality, but were still missing.. je ne sais quoi. Speaking of speaking, the flow was drastically interrupted as Sara meandered on and on about her camping experience, to the point where we thought surely it was a joke. Tegan even jumped in to try and get the derailment back on track but Sara persisted and in the end all she ended up doing was insulting the majority of attendees as her point, best as I could interpret, was that she no longer likes to camp. Later she coerced Tegan into reading the lyrics, kindly written out by a fan, of a song that she had written in high school that she was clearly embarrassed of and had no desire to sing. This also broke up the flow. Overall they sounded fine and they covered a good selection of songs both very new and very old but never really broke across.

Back in Your Head

The Con

Walking with a Ghost

Now I'm All Messed Up

Call It Off

How Come You Don't Want Me

My Love Opened The Door (Pete Townshend cover)

Closer (Finale)