The Weepies have already sold out multiple stops on their first tour in four years, and their latest offering – Be My Thrill – goes a long way to prove that their success is well-deserved. From the opening seconds of “Please Speak Well of Me,” the 14 tracks on the husband and wife’s fourth studio effort are chocked full of the sticky-sweet, dreamy harmonies and acoustic guitar that have marked previous efforts like 2006’s Say I Am You and 2008’s Hideaway.

Songs like “Add My Effort” and “They’re In Love, Where Am I?” rely on the gently plucked riffs of past albums and Deb Talan’s distinct vocal phrasing is as heartbreaking as ever as she sings “Lover’s walk two by two/doing things that lovers do/they’re in love/where am I?” It’s so achingly melancholy that it becomes easy to forget that the band is actually comprised of just her and her husband – Steve Tannen – who she met at a Cambridge, Mass. club gig almost a decade ago.

They try their hand at increasing the BPM on “How Do You Get High?,” which finds Tannen wanting to know how you get your kicks if “you don’t drink/don’t smoke?” The song (along with “Be My Thrill”) is the albums most upbeat moment and features organ swells, bar room harmonica, and a thumping bass line. It’s almost as if the couple wanted to prove that being in a band called The Weepies doesn’t mean they have to sound like the soundtrack to a breakup. While other cuts (“Be My Thrill” and the Colbie Caillat-featuring “I Was Made For Sunny Days”) also quicken the tempo, Talan and Tannen sound best when they stick to the slow stuff.

“Not A Lullaby” is barely two-and-a-half minutes long, but the downtrodden, introspective song is embodies everything The Weepies stand for. “This is not a true long song/one that lifts your heart along” Talan coos, “cause you know it’s being sung to hold you in my arms.” Listening to her sing “the rain/it falls/right outside your door/and you know/if you call/I’ll be there” over a quiet riff and perfectly subtle bass is affirmation that you don’t have to be a hormonal teenager to compose (and enjoy) lyrics, melodies, and harmonies that can make it feel like love between people will fix all that is wrong in the world.