Photo by: Teganandsara.com

“It was a funny picture,” said Tegan. “Our single mom driving Sara and I through the drive-thru with our 20 totally doped up cats. We’re like, ‘We’re just a normal family. What’s up?'” 

The exhibition of humor and concern saved Tegan and Sara’s performance at the Ogden on April 4 from being as entertaining as listening to their album alone in a dark room.

Up until the humor, Tegan and Sara were statues at their microphones, merely a visual aid to their recorded material.

While their stage presence was lacking in energy throughout the show, Tegan and Sara pulled through the performance by revealing their personalities between songs.   

After spotting a fan on the floor, Tegan brought the show to halt to address the young woman directly. Understanding that the girl could have fallen ill, Tegan made the executive decision to have her pulled out of the crowd and relocated to a safe area in the back of the venue. For her kindness, she was praised by the audience. The show resumed. Later the crowd learned the girl was unharmed.  

In the set, the interaction with the crowd was limited to the intermissions.

Understandably, Tegan and Sara were restricted to certain areas of the stage since they are both responsible for vocals, as well as their respective guitar and keyboarding.

However, entertainment in the form of stage presence would have added to their performance.