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ABC News Now Interview Video Premierblog

ABC News Now Interview + Video Premier

The Weepies will be interviewed by ABC News Now on Thursday, November 6th. This interview will air at 9:30 AM PST and will later be…
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theweepies Nov 05, 2008
Dirty Sexy Politicsblog

Dirty Sexy Politics

Hello! Our on-screen prime time TV debut is Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 10 PM - we will be IN the upcoming episode of ABC's "DIRTY…
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theweepies Oct 20, 2008
The Weepies Announce Hideaway Video Challenge WInnerblog

The Weepies Announce Hideaway Video Challenge WInner

Congratulations to Michael Warner who won the Weepies Hideaway Video Challenge! Michael's video will be used as the official video for The Weepies first single,…
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theweepies Jul 29, 2008
The Weepies Announce Hideaway Video Challenge Finalistsblog

The Weepies Announce Hideaway Video Challenge Finalists

The Weepies have announced the finalists to the Hideaway Video Challenge! There were so many great entries that instead of the top 10, the Weepies…
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theweepies Jul 16, 2008
Hideaway Video Challengeblog

Hideaway Video Challenge

Down to the wire...the Hideaway Video Challenge ends at midnight tonight, July 3! Thanks to everyone who worked so hard to create a video for…
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theweepies Jul 03, 2008
Update Message From The Weepiesblog

Update Message From The Weepies

May 27th, 2008 UPDATE MESSAGE FROM THE WEEPIES The release of HIDEAWAY last month was a runaway success, marking The Weepies' first appearance on…
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theweepies May 27, 2008
The Weepies 'Hideaway' 10,000 Video Challengeblog

The Weepies 'Hideaway' $10,000 Video Challenge

Date: May 16th – July 3rd 2006 and 2007 were breakthrough years for pop-folk band The Weepies – their music appeared in dozens of…
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theweepies May 19, 2008
HIDEAWAY debuts at 31 on the Billboard Charts!blog

HIDEAWAY debuts at #31 on the Billboard Charts!

HIDEAWAY debuts at #31 on the Billboard Charts! The new album by the Weepies, HIDEAWAY, debuted at #31 on the Billboard Charts, selling nearly 14,000 copies…
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theweepies May 05, 2008
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theweepies Apr 22, 2008
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theweepies Apr 22, 2008
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theweepies Apr 22, 2008
The Weepies Featured On KCRWblog

The Weepies Featured On KCRW

KCRW's Nic Harcourt features "Little Bird" on today's Morning Becomes Eleclectic! You can see the feature and listen online here.
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theweepies Apr 16, 2008
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  • Label: Nettwerk Music Group
  • Label Type: indie
  • About:
    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.”

    HIDEAWAY is the result of their year-long struggle to get tapped in again. Another homemade gem, HIDEAWAY is a darker companion to their last album, with 14 new tunes ranging from the upbeat title track to the jangly rock of “Not Dead Yet” to gorgeously arranged meditations like “How You Survived the War” and “Little Bird.”

    As with most of The Weepies’ music, there is a happy ending to all the struggle: Deb and Steve were married in 2007, and they had a baby boy, Theo, in October.

    The Weepies sound on HIDEAWAY remains rooted in their unique writing and unusual harmonies. Their distinctive production is once again filled out by bass player and guitarist Whynot Jansveld, guitarist Meghan Toohey and drummer Frank Lenz. Additional musicians on this album include string player Oliver Kraus, keyboardist John Deley, guitarist Steve Walsh, and horn player/keyboardist Brad Gordon.

    HIDEAWAY is out NOW.
  • Member Since: 2008-01-18