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The Weepies are an indie pop-folk band fronted by singer-songwriters Deb Talan and Steve Tannen. Their music has been described as "subtly intoxicating folk-pop".



The two musicians, who were both active in separate singer-songwriter careers, met in 2001 at a show Tannen was playing at Club Passim in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They quickly found a deep musical bond and began playing together. In 2005, they were signed to Nettwerk Records. Talan and Tannen are married and reside together in Topanga, California with their two sons Theo & Alexander.

Other supporting members who have recorded and toured with The Weepies include Meghan Toohey on keyboards and electric guitar.

The band received mainstream attention with their second album, Say I Am You. In February 2006, the album reached #1 on iTunes' list of most-downloaded folk albums in eight countries. The single "World Spins Madly On" from that album hit #1 on iTunes' US folk song charts. In 2007, the band collaborated with Mandy Moore, writing and playing on her new album, Wild Hope. The Weepies' recorded their next album at home, with the aid of fellow musicians and friends; Hideaway was released in April 2008 by Nettwerk Records. Hideaway marked the Weepies' first entrance into the Billboard Top 200, charting at #31 and selling 14,000 copies in its first week.

Songs by The Weepies have been featured on many popular TV shows, including Grey's Anatomy, Everwood, One Tree Hill, Scrubs, The Riches, How I Met Your Mother, Gossip Girl, GRΣΣK, Kyle XY, Life Unexpected, and Dirty Sexy Money, the last of which involved an on-screen performance by The Weepies as one of the show's subplots. They have also been featured in the Sex and the City movie and their song "Same Changes" was recently featured in the 2010 Rachael McAdams film Morning Glory.

The Weepies' song "Can't Go Back Now" was featured in a prominent campaign ad for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. In 2007, the songs "Stars" and "All That I Want" were featured in holiday advertisement campaigns for Old Navy and JC Penney, respectively. Their song "Can't Go Back Now" was played over the end credits of the movie Adam.

The Weepies' fourth full-length album, Be My Thrill, was released in August 2010. Colbie Cailat sings back-up vocals on "I Was Made For Sunny Days." The band has announced plans for a 36 city tour of the U.S., beginning with a show in Los Angeles on October 10, 2010. Be My Thrill debuted on the Top 200 Billboard Charts at #34. It remained #3 for Billboard's Top Folk Albums for nine weeks.

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