Change - like age - is unavoidable. Sometimes it's even welcomed.
So it should come as no surprise that alt-rockers Tegan and Sara Quin, now in their early 30s, felt the need to branch out after spending nearly half their lives touring and recording professionally.
Most importantly, the Calgary-bred twins needed to make things fresh for their latest album Heartthrob out Tuesday.
"(After) 15 years of making music Sara and I are at a point where we got to feel excitement, we got to feel challenged," Tegan says. "I can't go into a studio and just record a song -- that's not good enough anymore. I want to go into the studio and I want somebody to tackle me to the ground, rip out even more ideas and throw it down."
Wanting a producer who "worked in pop music" and "with female vocalists," Tegan and Sara ended up with three: Greg Kurstin, Justin Meldal-Johnsen and Mike Elizondo.
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