Blog: Stereogum

Our first listen of this track came from Tegan & Sara's recent set at Rifflandia festival, where the sisters Quin debuted Tegan's "Hell," from the album Sainthood , in a church (all non-spiritual coincidences, she insisted). But when it comes to hearing studio work, it's fun stacking initial observations of a band's new material against their Progress Report spin: The Quins insisted Sainthood was "bigger and more forceful ... for the first time ... this is a band record" and credited that to producer Chris Walla's lack of overdubs and Death Cab drummer [...]