Twin sisters Tegan and Sara have returned with another helping of their indie pop-rock prowess, this time in the form of Get Along - a comprehensive CD/DVD package. The duo have touted the release as the end of a chapter, looking to commemorate their careers to date. Among the attractions Get Along has to offer resides a unique live performance from the pair, some 15 tracks from over two days spent at Warehouse Studios committed to recording.

The project is a good idea in theory, but in practice, it gets off to a shaky start. This is owed to a joyless incarnation of "Alligator", the feeble track placed at the beginning of the record. Here, the original has been stripped of rhythmic backbone and its polished twee-pop inclinations, ultimately transformed into a lacklustre, acoustic-based affair. Their rendition bears far less substance, the song's monotony only accentuated by the sparse performance mode. The challenge Get Along faces lies in its attempts to achieve its reinventions without the expense of what made Tegan and Sara’s previous exploits so irresistible in the first place.

Typically, some tracks translate much more successfully than others and survive the sudden lack of polish that an abundance of studio time would usually afford. A lumbering "Back In Your Head" is an example of one of the album’s best tracks, making simple transition and managing to retain its charm, as well as the light piano input so obviously a cornerstone of the original. "The Ocean" deftly explores its biting heartache, a tender tale of separation anxiety possessing as much potency as ever. "Call It Off" and "Divided" also emerge as ripe candidates for such a project, each a natural fit, stylistically. These and other songs do well to prevail in a live album best categorized as a patchy affair.

Unusually, Get Along is let down by occasionally unreliable vocal contributions from the pair, each trembling and seemingly without assurance. It should strike listeners as odd that such vulnerability and imperfection should crop up, given the fact that Tegan and Sara are, after all, seasoned performers with six albums and world tours to their names. Though they are usually a commendable live act - as many including this writer will attest - Get Along doesn’t quite capture Tegan and Sara at their best 100% of the time.

Bundled together with documented footage of the sisters' recent travels as well as a recap of their career to date, Get Along resembles exactly that which Canadians Tegan And Sara intended it to be: a checkpoint, with enough to please fans and entice new audiences. It's not exactly essential and far from flawless, but it is entertaining.

Review Score: 7.5/10