The Weepies, Weepies - Say I Am You
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Artist: The Weepies, WeepiesBrand: WEEPIES
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-03-07
Music Label: Nettwerk Records
Soundtracks:
- Take It From Me
- Gotta Have You
- World Spins Madly On
- Citywide Rodeo
- Riga Girls
- Suicide Blonde
- Painting by Chagall
- Nobody Knows Me At All
- Not Your Year
- Living In Twilight
- Stars
- Love Doesn?t Last Too Long
- Slow Pony Home
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Free Music Review: Imagine, if you will...
Hit: 5 Stars
...two adult singer/songwriters who can (1) view the world with a childlike (NOT child-ish) innocence but(2) articulate those views with a deceptively mature sensibility. After agonizing over the words to describe this man/woman musical duo, that's the most accurate I can be.
I'm hesitant to describe anything about these two very fine musicians or this album because to list a quality both limits and overextends that which I mean to convey. Still, in the spirit of trying to help, I'll muddle through.
Their overall effect is soothing and pleasant without being truly ethereal or slumber inspiring. They never rock. The tempo never exceeds that of a mid-tempo pop song. There are no volume extremities or impressive displays of any instruments. There are never more than 4 chords used in any of the songs.
The above descriptors could all be used negatively. In this case they are used appraisingly.
Oh yeah! The harmonies are B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!!!
The long and short (or at least less long) of it...
-These two aren't out to impress anybody
-They are very impressive
THE DUO
DEB:
Deb's voice is somewhat challenging to describe because the voice has bits and pieces of everybody yet the combination doesn't sound like anybody. (a) She has the timbre of Patty Griffin... but she doesn't really sound like Patty Griffin. (b) She has the strain-free delivery similar to that of Dar Williams... but she doesn't really sound like Dar Williams. (c) There's a bit of the richness of Natalie Merchant... but she doesn't really sound like Natalie Merchant. I can confidently state the there is a delightful, consistent lack of vocal strain throughout the album.
Deb's lyric style is essentially stream-of-conscious. That said, the ideas are both fresh and poignant. For example...
'What can I compare you to?'
'My favorite pair of shoes?'
'Maybe my bright, red boots... if they had wings'
If anyone feels a bit turned off by the way the above lyrics read, when sung you undoubtedly won't. They just... fit. Can't explain it... They just do.
STEVE:
Steve's voice has a healthy dose of Duncan Sheik's vocal timbre infused with the ease and innate tenderness of James Taylor. You will hear little to no effort in an attempt to use either the extreme upper or extreme lower parts of his register. He simply doesn't use them. Trust me... you WON'T miss them. In fact, he's the first artist to make me realize that you don't have to sing with a wide range in order to be a an effective singer.
Steve's songs are a also a pleasant blend of maturity and simplicity. I feel as though he knows the "rules" well enough to break them. Example:
'I woke up, and wished that I was dead'
'With an aching in my head'
'I lay motionless in bed'
'I thought of you...'
'And where you'd gone'
'And let the world... spin madly on.'
The above lyrics, from the all-too-beautiful song "World Spins Madly On" are neither clever nor complex. BUT, with his delivery and warm vocals, most will appreciate the mature honesty that comes from using (mostly) words that the average 4 year-old would know, though the overall concept would be lost on them entirely. (P.S. - Contrary to expectation, that song will NOT depress your mood or dampen your spirit one bit. It would more likely do just the opposite.)
By the way, if I were ever lucky enough to have any one person to sing me to sleep every night. It would be Steve... Hands down.
CONCLUSION:
Well folks, thus concludes my Weepies review. Hopefully I've included pretty much anything you would won't to know.
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Media Type: CD
Artist: WEEPIES
Title: SAY I AM YOU
Street Release Date: 03/07/2006
Genre: ROCK/POP
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