▁( disambiguation ) <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁We ep ies ▁are ▁an ▁American ▁ind ie ▁pop - folk ▁du o ▁of ▁married ▁singer - song writ ers ▁ ▁Deb ▁Tal an ▁and ▁Steve ▁T ann en . ▁Their ▁music ▁has ▁been ▁described ▁as ▁" sub t ly ▁into xic ating ▁folk - pop ". ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Form ation ▁and ▁early ▁years ▁( 2 0 0 1 – 2 0 0 5 ) ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁Tal an ▁and ▁T ann en ▁were ▁individually ▁active ▁as ▁singer - song writ ers ▁but ▁mut ual ▁fans ▁of ▁each ▁other ' s ▁music ; ▁T ann en ▁played ▁Tal an ' s ▁album ▁" const antly ", ▁even ▁singing ▁along ▁in ▁harm ony , ▁while ▁Tal an ▁in ▁turn ▁was ▁capt iv ated ▁by ▁and ▁had ▁" formed ▁a ▁kind ▁of ▁a ▁relationship " ▁with ▁T ann en ' s ▁music . ▁After ▁eventually ▁meeting ▁at ▁one ▁of ▁T ann en ' s ▁shows ▁at ▁Club ▁Pass im ▁in ▁Cambridge , ▁Massachusetts , ▁they ▁quickly ▁discovered ▁a ▁deep ▁musical ▁bond ▁and ▁began ▁playing ▁music ▁together . ▁According ▁to ▁Tal an , ▁the ▁band ' s ▁name ▁ ▁... c ame ▁about ▁from ▁a ▁few ▁different ▁sources , ▁but ▁one ▁was , ▁you ▁know , ▁those ▁sort ▁of ▁old ▁mov ies ▁that ▁were ▁called ▁we ep ies , ▁where ▁you ▁could ▁basically ▁be ▁guaranteed ▁that ▁if ▁you ▁needed ▁a ▁good ▁cry , ▁you ▁could ▁go ▁and ▁see ▁one ▁of ▁these ▁and ▁bring ▁your