The Con is the fifth studio album by Canadian indie pop duo Tegan and Sara, released on July 24, 2007.

Sara was struggling with Canadian immigration to get her American-born girlfriend a working visa so they could live together, while Tegan was dealing with the breakup of a five-year relationship.

She stated that these factors combined to make The Con "very dark and also very much about reflecting on getting older, long-term relationships and the end of things".

The first single from the album, "Back in Your Head", was released on CD and digital download in February 2008, and a music video was filmed for the song.

[27] AllMusic gave the album four stars out of five, saying that "Though each sister writes and sings lead on seven tracks, it is Sara especially who writes the more intricate pieces ("Relief Next to Me," "Like O, Like H"), showing a more adult songwriter, one who has matured since her first work came out, while Tegan draws more from simpler emo and pop-punk arrangements ("Nineteen," "Hop a Plane"), her songs more straightforward, both compositionally and lyrically, than her sister's."

Ending the review saying "With chameleonic deftness, Tegan and Sara have created a mystifyingly absurd but extraordinary album.

"[26] Filter magazine calls The Con "a startlingly dark, yet characteristically vibrant offering, featuring a band that's learned to harness the energy-highs, while tempering pretty (even pastoral) pop-folk with a new, deeply-affecting brand of melancholy."

Club says that "ultimately even The Con's failings work in its favor, providing a macro version of what the best Tegan And Sara songs do, by stumbling along recklessly, then falling together.

Ending with "When your heart feels like a stone in your breast, The Con will prove a perfect, sweetly addictive companion.

Ending that ""Relief Next to Me" thumps like wet newspaper though, her weak similes never building up to a satisfying payoff: a big chorus, a cute melody.

[7] The video for "The Con" features Tegan in a tower block talking to a psychiatrist, while Sara is searching all over the building for her.

[8] The video for "Call It Off" features Tegan in the middle of a room singing the song as Sara wraps colourful telephone cables around her.