Music Review

Sainthood (2009)

EW's GRADE
B+

Details Release Date: Oct 27, 2009; Lead Performance: Tegan and Sara; Genre: Rock

Hell hath no fury like Canadians scorned. On their sixth album, Sainthood, Calgary-born twins Tegan and Sara imagine love as a form of religion, complete with its own saints, sinners, and special netherworld VIP lounge reserved just for exes. It's a weighty idea, but any self-seriousness is saved by songs like the pulsing-synth herky-jerk ''Arrow,'' where the ladies sing about using old lovers for archery practice. Plus, with breakup anthems tailor-made for angry new-wave pogoing, that fire-and-brimstone stuff suits them. B+

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Originally posted Oct 23, 2009 Published in issue #1073 Oct 30, 2009 Order article reprints

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