Kevin Bronson on June 8th, 2015

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The Weepies’ new album “Sirens” sees the husband-and-wife duo of Deb Talan and Steve Tannen returning with their first release since 2010 — and their first since Talan’s bout with breast cancer, which was pronounced as in remission one year ago this week. Like their first four records, “Sirens” is candlelight-intimate folk-pop, as tender and meticulous as ever, inviting harmonies flowing over picked guitar and barely-there percussion. The album was written mostly while Talan was undergoing therapy, but is “Sirens” a “cancer” album? It’s hard to tell; the Weepies’ music is already so unabashedly sentimental. “Cooked Smile,” “Sunflower” and the title track are exemplary of the duo’s craft, and it’s impossible not to smile at Brad Aldous’ video for “Fancy Things” and its celebration of ordinary people in extraordinary moments. The Weepies and their band — drummer Pete Thomas, bassist Johnny Flaugher, guitarist Meg Toohey and keyboardist Brad Gordon — are currently on tour behind the release of “Sirens.”

||| Stream: “Sirens” and “No Trouble”

||| Live: The Weepies headline the Fonda Theatre on Tuesday night.