The Weepies.
Massachusetts-based folk/pop duo. Boy/girl/guitar. She's like a less cynical Shawn Colvin and he's like a less wooden Captain to her Tennille. They write songs by the book and nail it each time. I'm running through their 2010 "By My Thrill" album right now. It gets a bit tiresome towards the end because they front-loaded all the heavy stuff. But the opening track "When I'm Gone" is easily a master class in songwriting: simple lyrics that say a lot, ambiguity vs. specificity in imagery, sprinkling in secondary dominants to keep the progression interesting and pull the bridge away from the home key just a touch. Just enough to make it sad without making it sound contrived. Careful and heartfelt and well-crafted and lovely.
Worth a listen, I think.
The Weepies
- Mostess
- Panama
- Posts: 799
- Joined: Wed Sep 29, 2004 5:49 am
- Instruments: Vocal, guitar, keyboard, clarinet
- Recording Method: Ardour 5, JACK, Ubuntu
- Submitting as: Hostess Mostess
- Pronouns: He/him
- Location: Ann Arbor, MI
- Contact:
The Weepies
"We don’t write songs about our own largely dull lives. We mostly rely on the time-tested gimmick of making shit up."
-John Linnell
-John Linnell
- ken
- Hot for Teacher
- Posts: 3873
- Joined: Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:10 pm
- Instruments: Guitar, bass, drums, keys
- Recording Method: MOTU 828x, Cubase 10
- Submitting as: Ken's Super Duper Band 'n Stuff
- Pronouns: he/him
- Location: oakland, ca
- Contact:
Re: The Weepies
That's good stuff. I think Mandy Moore had a big hit with one of their songs as well.
Ken's Super Duper Band 'n Stuff - Berkeley Social Scene - Tiny Robots - Seamus Collective - Semolina Pilchards - Cutie Pies - Explino! - Bravo Bros. - 2 from 14 - and more!
i would just like to remind everyone that Ken eats kittens - blue lang
i would just like to remind everyone that Ken eats kittens - blue lang
- Billy's Little Trip
- Odie
- Posts: 12090
- Joined: Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:56 pm
- Instruments: Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Drums, Skin Flute
- Recording Method: analog to digital via Presonus FireBox, Cubase and a porn machine
- Submitting as: Billy's Little Trip, Billy and the Psychotics
- Location: Cali fucking ornia
Re: The Weepies
Just listened to "world spins madly on". Damn good. thx.