It’s new music Friday but Tegan and Sara have sorted us out with some new old music.
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of their ‘The Con‘, they asked a bunch of their musician pals to cover songs from the record. The result is ‘The Con X: Covers‘ and sees everyone from Hayley Williams to MUNA to get involed. There’s Grimes and HANA as Trashique, Bleachers, CHVRCHES, PVRIS, Shura… you get the idea. It’s super impressive.
If that wasn’t enough, it also sees the previously unreleased Tegan and Sara track ‘Miami Still’ get released.
You can listen to the whole thing below.
“From day one we wanted the proceeds to go to our newly-launched Tegan and Sara Foundation, which raises money for self-identified women and girls in the LGBTQ community,” explain the band. “With that intention set, we asked 14 artists who were either outspoken allies of the LGTBQ community or LGBTQ themselves to each cover a song from The Con. We encouraged each artist to approach the song they were covering in any fashion they saw fit.
“Their inspiration could come from the original record or The Con Demos, our first home recordings that were released after The Con came out. All the artists agreed to donate their time and energy to the project and their labels all agreed to waive their fees as well.”