The Weepies

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In 2006, The Weepies big label debut Say I Am You came out on Nettwerk Records. After an initial hard-scrabble tour in their compact car as a duo, Deb Talan & Steve Tannen’s music appeared in more than a dozen TV shows, as well as several major motion pictures.

Their iTunes sales topped the folk charts in eight countries. Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol nominated them for a Short List Music Prize, and Mandy Moore asked them to write with her and sing on her album. They were invited to open for the Indigo Girls and invited onto the Hotel Café Tour; they played the Oxegen Festival in Ireland, the Hurricane Festival in Germany, and T in the Park in Scotland. Their MySpace player hit 2 million plays. JCPenney and Old Navy used their tunes as the theme songs for their major holiday TV campaigns.

When The Weepies returned home in 2007, they were exhausted.

“2006 was amazing. Coming off the road in 2007 should have been this blissed-out time with so much to celebrate, but it was totally depressing. Our rented shack in the California hills was cold, it had a leaky roof and there were mice living in it. Our electric guitar had been destroyed on the last plane flight of the year. We hadn’t seen most of our close friends in months.”

“We were empty,” says Talan. “We both felt dark after being in the bright lights for a year. We were looking to reconnect with what moved us about music in the first place. We needed to hide out and write.”

Say I Am You
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Happiness
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silvarilla wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

I adore them, simple as that.

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blabbers wrote:
Monday morning

:D

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JoFresh wrote:
Monday morning

Ray LaMontagne touches souls. He touched mine at least. This singer songwriter bares it all on this new album. Easily one of my favorite soulful records of the year. check it iTunes - http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPreorder?id=291469895&s=143441 Stereogum - http://stereogum.com/archives/new-ray-lamontagne-meg-white_023811.html Ray's Site - http://www.raylamontagne.com

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takethisride wrote:
last week

i want tour datessss

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krystlespoon wrote:
14 days ago

so brilliant. thank you :]

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heykirsten wrote:
15 days ago

i love 'not our year'

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xamy_xpooky wrote:
16 days ago

esat rebvueno el tema , me gusto tranquilo , harmonico ,y alegre es genial , simple ,, perfecto

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yolimiguel wrote:
last month

Sonido de los 60.

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joygasmic wrote:
last month

I love the Weepies so so so so so SO SO SO so much.

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nellyb63 wrote:
last month

very pretty celebratory melancholy

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vivapersistence wrote:
last month

i thought of you and where you've gone... let the world spin madly on. :)

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youaresocool wrote:
last month

they are just amazing

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yolimiguel wrote:
last month

Simple pero bonito.

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yoletsee wrote:
last month

I know this is random but please join. this is a new group I just started and I would love love it if you'd unite with the rest of us..http://www.last.fm/group/Save+the+Polaroids

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JoleneSummer wrote:
last month

I adore the weepies.

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iams7 wrote:
last month

just like it

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propagandhi101 wrote:
last month

my guilty pleasure i usually never like this kind of purely feel good music but they actually have pretty good lyrics and now they replaced Oh No Oh My!'s walk in the park to wake me up every morning!

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connecthedots wrote:
last month

Mondays are so much better now that I found you.

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JoFresh wrote:
last month

If u guys like brett then check out Ray Lamontagne. His new single has a great feel to it. http://release.theplatform.com/content.qtl?pid=Rrhxjklum2VhXsM869nvUI2uz4je18X_&UserName=Unknown

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sullybauman wrote:
last month

It's a good morning when I awake to find new artists such as this... I'm a huge new fan!!!

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