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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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DMusic3 wrote:
I wuv you.
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gabibees wrote:
this is very very cute music, and I love it.
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Majors10 wrote:
check this out --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Aix07MLHE
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aintgotnogramma wrote:
Aww I think they're a cute couple, idgaf. And they make cool music
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panterman wrote:
people who think the weepies look creepy are shallow morons
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Oopcident wrote:
what a cute name! they are my next artist to get into because i love the name.
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tigreb wrote:
happiness is lovely.
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idiotintraining wrote:
ewww creepy couple...but their music pretty good though
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Nic33rd wrote:
Lilith Fair!
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a13xTM wrote:
ew, they look like a really creepy couple
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whorly wrote:
Why is Wish I Could Forget not in the top 15 :( it's my favorite song, by a pretty large margin. Riga Girls is the second.
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blabbers wrote:
new album!
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Newjack9009 wrote:
vv unfortunately they haven't toured in a few years because of their kid. they only did one gig in LA for their last album. quite unfortunate. i've been listening to them since before they even had 500k plays on here. never got the chance to see them live.
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sophstar10 wrote:
tour in englanddddddddddddddd
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Lastera wrote:
♥ Lova.
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daynamac wrote:
new album soon please!
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Annanassap wrote:
favorite atm <3
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Pk_FMS wrote:
Kein Bart?
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ControlFreQ wrote:
;*)
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traqua89 wrote:
Painting by chagall :)
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While we're recording our new record -- which we are, it's going well --
we wanted to let you know that we are auctioning off our "Say I Am You"
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