Tegan Rain Quin y Sara Keirsten Quin nacieron el 19 de septiembre de 1980 en Calgary, Alberta, Canadá. Desde muy temprana edad, las gemelas mostraron un interés ferviente por la música. Al crecer en una casa llena de discos y guitarras, no era raro verlas tocando o experimentando con melodías y letras desde que tenían ocho años.
Durante su adolescencia, Tegan y Sara comenzaron a escribir y grabar sus propias canciones. En 1998, con solo 18 años, ganaron una competencia de radio local cuyo premio era tiempo de estudio profesional para grabar un álbum. Este evento marcó el punto de partida de su carrera profesional y poco después, lanzaron su primer álbum "Under Feet Like Ours" de forma independiente en 1999.
En el año 2000, firmaron con el sello Vapor Records, fundado por Neil Young. Este acuerdo cimentó su camino a la fama. Su segundo álbum, "This Business of Art" (2000), fue bien recibido por la crítica y les permitió iniciar giras más extensas en Canadá y Estados Unidos, abriendo para bandas como Neil Young y The Pretenders.
Con el lanzamiento de "If It Was You" en 2002 y "So Jealous" en 2004, la dupla alcanzó una notoriedad aún mayor. "So Jealous" en particular hizo que captaran la atención del público internacional, gracias a canciones como "Walking with a Ghost", que fue versionada por la popular banda The White Stripes.
All I want to get is
A little bit closer
All I want to know is
Can you come a little closer?
Here comes the breath before we get
A little bit closer
Here comes the rush before we touch
Come a little closer
The doors are open, the wind is really blowing
The night sky is changing overhead
It's not just all physical
I'm the type who won't get oh so critical
So, let's make things physical
I won't treat you like you're oh so typical
I won't treat you like you're oh so typical
All you think of lately
Is getting underneath me
All I dream of lately
Is how to get you underneath me
Here comes the heat before we meet
A little bit closer
Here comes the spark before the dark
Come a little closer
The lights are off and the sun is finally setting
The night sky is changing overhead
It's not just all physical
I'm the type who won't get oh so critical
So, let's make things physical
I won't treat you like you're oh so typical
I want you close
I want you
I won't treat you like you're typical
I want you close
I want you
I won't treat you like you're typical
Here come the dreams of you and me
Here come the dreams
Here come the dreams of you and me
Here come the dreams
It's not just all physical
I'm the type who won't get oh so critical
So, let's make things physical
I won't treat you like you're oh so typical
I want you close
I want you
I won't treat you like you're typical
I want you close
I want you
I won't treat you like you're typical
I won't treat you like you're typical
I won't treat you like you're typical
All I want to get is
A little bit closer
All I want to know is
Can you come a little closer?