Many of the tracks onThe Con X: Coversunearthed that gloom.
“I decided to use the ache of the sentiment to redirect the soundscape.
The renditions gave Tegan and Sara new entry points into their own work.
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“Not that I want to tear our versions apart!
But it was nice to have these artists push into the emotional core even more.”
“I love those girls,” Lauper tells EW.
“I look up to them, actually,” Adams tells EW.
“Although not in person, as they are maybe the only people shorter than me in music.”
In a way this record is an extension of that …
Some of these bands are people I hope would count on us if they needed something.”
