the weepies
乐队介绍The Weepies，一只由Deb Talan和Steve Tannen组成的流行民谣二重奏。两人初次相遇是在Tannen的波士顿音乐会上。在此之前，两人都已各自发表过自己的作品（Deb Talan发行过3张，Steve Tannen发行过2张）。二人相互钦佩，很快就一起开始了创作歌曲，并且Weepies很快诞生了。
2004年，他们独立发布了8只歌的EP“Happiness”，并且在二年后签约Nettwerk厂牌。
2005年12月，The Weepies在此厂牌录制完成全新专辑“Say I Am You”，并于2006年3月正式发行。
2008年，The Weepies发行了新专辑"hide away"
特点是旋律简单，音乐流畅，人声舒服，清新自然。
有女生独唱且有男声独唱，亦有男女声混唱，美丽却不张扬。
淡淡的感觉带着简洁和清新的味道，细腻的吉他，抒情的歌词，非常值得品味。
官方网站http://www.theweepies.com/
专辑介绍
Happiness
专辑名称：Happiness
专辑歌手：The Weepies
发行日期：2004
专辑语种：英语
专辑类型：Indie Folk/Pop
压缩比率：192 Kbps
专辑曲目:
01. Happiness
02. All that I want
03. Vegas baby
04. Somebody loved
05. Jolene
06. Imple life
07. Dating a porn star
08. Keep it there
Say I Am You发行时间：2006年03月07日
专辑歌手：The Weepies
地区：美国
语言：英语
专辑类型：Indie Folk/Pop
专辑介绍：
The Weepies，一只由Deb Talan和Steve Tannen组成的流行民谣二重奏。两人初次相遇是在Tannen的波士顿音乐会上。在此之前，两人都已各自发表过自己的作品（Deb Talan发行过3张，Steve Tannen发行过2张）。二人相互钦佩，很快就一起开始了创作歌曲，并且Weepies很快诞生了。2004年，他们独立发布了8只歌的EP“Happiness”，并且在二年后签约Nettwerk厂牌。2005年12月，The Weepies在此厂牌录制完成全新专辑“Say I Am You”，并于2006年3月正式发行。
The Weepies乐队的特点是旋律简单，音乐流畅，人声舒服，清新自然。有女生独唱且有男声独唱，亦有男女声混唱，美丽却不张扬。淡淡的感觉带着简洁和清新的味道，细腻的吉他，抒情的歌词，非常值得品味。
专辑曲目：
01. Take It From Me
02. Gotta Have You（强烈推荐）
03. World Spins Madly On
04. Citywide Rodeo
05. Riga Girls
06. Suicide Blonde
07. Painting By Chagall
08. Nobody Knows Me At All
09. Not Your Year
10. Living In Twilight
11. Stars
12. Love Doesn't Last Too Long
13. Slow Pony Home
英文专辑介绍
The Weepies (Steve Tannen and Deb Talan) have never pretended to be anything that they're not, which is, briefly, sentimental, melodic folk-pop, with harmonious vocals and gently picked guitars. They accept this, they relish in it, they did it well on Happiness, and they continue to do so on their 13-track major-label debut. Being that the title of the record, Say I Am You, is a quote from 13th century writer Jelaluddin Rumi, known for his intense spiritual and passionate poems, it is not a surprise that the album is all about love. Sometimes the love is hidden or lost ("World Spins Madly On," for example), sometimes it's false, but mainly it's a love that has been gratefully found and cherished. And for the most part, the Weepies manage to discuss and explore this without falling into the trappings of typically saccharine infatuated musings. "Take It from Me," the album's opener, has Talan trying, vainly, to find metaphors for her incomparable beloved ("a favorite pair of shoes?" or "a window the sun shines through?" she wonders), and the rest of the album pretty much follows suit. The songs are simple and pretty and generally uplifting, basking in the glow of being happily smitten, but not blind to the misfortunes of others in the world. The tracks on which Tannen sings the lead vocals are actually the most pessimistic of them all (the David Gray-like "Love Doesn't Last Too Long," for instance) or at least the most ambiguous, and provide more of a cynical, or perhaps just sad, perspective on the theme. Tannen's voice is nice, but it's nowhere near as charming as that of his counterpart's: he's much better suited to the role of backup harmony, and probably because of this he sings lead on only about one-third of the album. Talan's voice, instead, is a pleasant reminder of the chick-folk/rock stars of the '90s, but she adds her own sweet innocence that fits perfectly with the love songs, the twinkling guitar, the literate wordplay, the scalar melodies. Say I Am You is not groundbreaking music, but the Weepies know what they're doing, and they know how they feel, and they're not afraid to sing about it.
Hideaway
专辑歌手:The Weepies
地区：美国
语言：英语
唱片公司:Nettwerk
发行时间:2008年4月12日
风格流派: Folk
专辑介绍:
HIDEAWAY 是The Weepies多年共同奋斗的结果。同样是家庭DIY的产物，跟他们上一张相比，Hideway 显得更阴沉一些，14首单曲包含从噪音摇滚的“Not Dead Yet”到精致编排下的冥想产物，“How You Survived the War”、“Little Bird”。如同大多数 Weepies 的作品，他们的努力工作有了一个好的结果：乐团成员 Deb 和 Steve 在2007年结了婚，10月的时候有了他们爱情的结晶，一个小男孩，叫做 Theo. The Weepies 在HIDEAWAY的演唱方式没有摆脱他们以往那种独一无二的行文风格和不寻常的和弦调式。作为这一标志性的结果，他们的乐队成员依然包括了贝司手兼吉他手Whynot Jansveld、吉他手 Meghan Toohey 和鼓手 Frank Lenz。在这张新专辑中出现的新人物，包括弦乐演奏者 Oliver Kraus、键盘手 John Deley、吉他手 Steve Walsh 和小号演奏者兼键盘手 Brad Gordon
专辑曲目：
01. Can't Go Back Now
02. orbiting
03. Hideaway
04. Wish I Could Forget
05. All Good Things
06. Little Bird
07. Antarctica
08. How You Survived The War
09. Not Dead Yet(强烈推荐）
10. Old Coyote
11. Just Blue
12. Lighting Candles
13. Takes So Long
14. All This Beauty
英文专辑介绍
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.