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	• Hideaway The Weepies Nettwerk Records, 2008 average customer review:based on 24 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Weepies are happily together.

After hearing "Hideaway" and "Antarctica" in separate days, I decided to buy the folky album. I was buying on impulse, which usually turns out good. This was no exception. Stand-out songs from the album are in the end: "Old Coyote" is a nursery rhyme; "Just Blue" is my favorite along with "Lighting Candles." Pick this one up if you're jonesing for some melody and harmony.

Poetic and Chill Equals Amazing

First of all, I love The Weepies. This album is another brilliant addition to their discography. If you're looking for something to just relax to, then this is it. The best thing is these lyrics actually have meaning behind them unlike the tunes commonly heard on the radio. It's so refreshing to hear such unique lyrics pertaining to life and not just love/sex like more popular artists. I think The Weepies album "Say I Am You" was more of a hit for me personally, but this one "Hideaway" is also very good. My favorite songs on this album are: Hideaway, Antarctica, Old Coyote, and Just Blue.

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What a wonderful sound...

The Weepies follow "Say I Am You" (one of the best albums of 2006) with "Hideaway." It continues the duo's trademark sound--hushed, ethereal vocals, lyrics that use metaphor and analogy to reference a wide range of topics, and understated, gorgeous production. The music is acoustic-based with deft touches of electric guitar scattered throughout. There's even a surprising little pop-rocker at the end. "All This Beauty" is a great kicker to a polished, heartfelt project. If you like groups like the Kennedys, you will swoon for the Weepies and "Hideaway."

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Love Them!

I love the Weepies, but this CD sounded an awful lot like all their other work. Don't get me wrong, it's worth having...it's just very very similar to past CD's.

Very consistent and well-crafted collection

The Weepies have arrived. They've created a sound that is unique -- they sound like no one else, and no one else sounds like them, though possibly after the release of Hideaway they will have immitators.

Hideaway is sophisticated folk-pop. Both vocalists have thin voices, but they overcame this by doubling their vocals and creating wonderful layers and choruses of harmony. Add to this a mix of acoustic and dreamy electric guitars, some tasteful drumming, and subtle but very adept bass lines (McCartney-esque at times). This album is self-produced by the band, and these two artists are very good producers. Songs sound lush, well-arranged, fleshed-out. The sound itself is very beautiful, though it lacks the ultimate in clarity, being a home recording, not the product of a big recording studio. Still, the quality is better than many studio recordings.

The songs themselves are concise little drops of harmonious melancholy, for the most part. The melodies are simple, and have the tendency to stick in your head for days. I've had Antarctica running intermittently through my brain for several weeks. The words are sincere, sometimes very sweet, though perhaps not deeply confessional. There is great artistry in the vocal phrasing. The only other group that has impressed me as much in the past year with their songwriting is another boy-girl team, The Bird And The Bee. But they do not even attempt to touch the heart in the way The Weepies do.

Not every song here is a classic, but there aren't really any duds, either. That's a rarity nowadays. I'm very pleased with my purchase.

Where do the Weepies go from here? This album is an almost-perfect package of sadly hopeful tunes. But if they simply repeat these kinds of songs on the next album, I think it would be too much. It's hard for me to imagine them adding an angry edge to their music, or going the other way and making it wholly depressing. Maybe next time they should just shoot for full-fledged joy!

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