Tegan and Sara Are Denied "Sainthood"

I like the band Tegan and Sara, or at least some of their older material ala the album "So Jealous." Their 2010 album "Sainthood," however, did not get my mind or heart to plug in as tightly. More or less the material felt like more of the same, but less than some Tegan and Sara previous works. I did like the song "The Ocean," but that was the sole single that did anything for me. Others were decent, just not for me. My song by song notes for the album "Sainthood" are below.

"Arrow": Push a button and the robot does the Tegan and Sara thing.

"Don't Rush": Skipping instead of running down the sidewalk to get away, there's a lil boogie in the engine, but it's got some sputter too.

"Hell": Little white girls in big black sunglasses spinning out in their pink Barbie car with popped leather jacket collars. It's got good enough guitar drive to ride along with.

"On Directing": The cute vocal tricks aren't cute enough here and the slight wit is dimmed by the repetitiveness.

"Red Belt": Crank it and play that game where you take turns trying to slap each other's hands. The song went silent and then the music kicked on again and I thought it was actually an interesting pause that added some cool to the track. However, I quickly realized the song had really ended and just started playing again after two minutes and eleven seconds of lacking-ness.

"The Cure": A tight little pop song. I'd put it on a modern John Hughes movie if he were to come back from beyond the grave to make such.

"Northshore": A faster tempo Indie pop rock song that felt like if Tegan and Sara were doing the REM song "It's The End Of The World As We Know It."

"Night Watch": An odd little baby that needs to go back into the test tube.

"Alligator": The song felt like it should be the chorus inside of a hip hop song. "Alligator" being Gwen Stefani to Eve.

"Paperback Head": Beatnik lyrics with the Indie pop rock delivery, but it's a go nowhere circle.

"The Ocean": I like how the lyrics are sung out in a frantic pace and the overall tone of the music is mainstream radio friendly in my opinion. The chorus on this song is the first time on the album that I've got that drip of Tegan and Sara emotional connection ala I'm digging it. Good song.

"Sentimental Tune": Boring tune, seemed to get a bigger dose of lyrics as opposed to the one two line repeat formula some of their songs resort to, but still, still it was boring.

"Someday": When is the Tegan and Sara rap album coming? This is sort of spoken/ sung as opposed to regular sing/sung. It's an anthem with a "crowd" voices chiming in effect. It's got a lot of moving gears, but after the first spurt of lyrics it is all just loop of loop on repeat, cool effect, but weaky.