Album · Tegan and Sara
Sainthood by Tegan and Sara
Sainthood is an album by Tegan and Sara, released in 2009. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 20 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Hell”, on 16 lists with a best position of #38.
Sainthood, the sixth studio album from Tegan and Sara, came out on Sire on October 27, 2009 in the US, a day after the UK got it. The Calgary twins Tegan and Sara Quin, both songwriters and both switching between instruments, pushed their indie pop toward jittery, synth-edged new wave on this one, with Ted Gowans adding guitar and keyboards.
The songs are short, tightly wound and full of nervous energy, all clipped guitars, twitchy rhythms and the sisters' voices tangling and splitting apart. "Hell" is the pick, a taut rush that ends before you catch your breath, and "Northshore" is even more breakneck. It followed The Con and landed on the shortlist for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Sainthood on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hell | 16 | #38 | – | 2009–2019 | |
| 2 | Northshore | 4 | #20 | – | 2010 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.