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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.”
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.”
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Izarove wrote:
I dont hope that this is Not My Year
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Tetokolpian wrote:
Vomiting sugar.
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traqua89 wrote:
Why why why is there no information about an upcoming European tour on their website? Been looking forward to a live show since the first time I listened to Say I Am You :)
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Coldminded_ wrote:
just rediscovered how much I enjoy their music. I love the sound of Deb's voice. <3
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VK1990 wrote:
Gotta Have You
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monsooooon wrote:
somebody loved
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joNafuNfageT wrote:
I never get bored listening to them :3
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traqua89 wrote:
European tour please
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thalesdanniel wrote:
thank god i found the weepies. now i can die happy :)
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ksmilegak wrote:
ohhh u guys r so cute<3
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abgetirana wrote:
say i am you is the best album i've ever heard.
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shiyanova wrote:
ванильки))))
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spacematador wrote:
hey all you cocaine addicts: if you have the word 'space' in your name http://www.last.fm/group/Spaceboyz+clique
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kardaum wrote:
Seriously, everybody should see this video from Ryan Woodward! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBk3ynRbtsw THAT'S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING I EVER SAW
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hwwood wrote:
Great show in DC last week. I was so happy Steve played some of his older stuff!
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shankies77 wrote:
Amazing! Sadly Wonderful beauty. Their songs are always there to make me feel better. It's as though they are written for me...
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carajeffrey wrote:
I got to see The Weepies on their acoustic tour and it was incredible! Check out this review I wrote http://www.ourstage.com/blog/2011/9/6/live-wired-review-the-weepies-acoustic
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WickedWillyMuse wrote:
Hello, we're Wicked Willy, and we invite you to listen to the "dark side" of singer-songwriter music! Please give a listen to our new album at: http://www.last.fm/music/Wicked+Willy -Thanks so much for your support & let us know what you think of the songs!
Far Away
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naty86 wrote:
love them.
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anightbythesea wrote:
"the world spins madly on" - just epic. so fuckin' epic. <3
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Weepies 2011 Summer Acoustic USA Tour
20 Jun 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/theweepies
The Weepies are doing a late summer acoustic tour of the USA,
spared down arrangements for summer evenings!View the complete tour
dates here...http://www.rosebudus.com/weepies/tourdates.html
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