Video: Tegan and Sara - Hell (cut)

Tegan and Sara have posted a new single from their next album, Sainthood . The record is due out October 27, 2009 .

[stream] Tegan and Sara: "Hell" One of the downfalls of being a super successful blogger like myself is that we're always looking forward to what's new and what's next. Most of us have already written off 2009, already formulating our best-of lists and beginning to sample albums from next year's slate. But the reality is, it's only October. There are three good months left in the year, which means there are still albums left on the calendar that have the potential to surprise us [...]

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 [...]