Speak is a synth pop band from Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

 formed in 2008. The band consists of Troupe Gammage (keyboard

Keyboard instrument

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 and lead vocals

Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

), Nick Hurt (guitar

Guitar

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 and vocals

Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

), Joey Delahoussaye (bass

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

 and vocals

Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

), and Jake Stewart (drums

Drum kit

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). The band released their debut single Carrie in 2011, and their debut album I Believe In Everything

I Believe in Everything

I Believe In Everything is the debut album by Austin based synth pop band Speak. The album was released on September 27, 2011 on Modern Art Records.-Overview:...

 in late 2011.

Beginning

Speak had its beginnings with Jupiter-4, a band founded by high school friends Troupe Gammage, Jake Stewart, and Nick Hurt. The band became Speak when bassist Joey Delahoussaye joined the group in 2008. In 2010 they won the Austin Music Award for Best New Band and the following year won the award for Best Indie Group. They garnered attention in 2010, when they performed at the 2010 Austin City Limits Music Festival

Austin City Limits Music Festival

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. Their debut EP

Extended play

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, Hear Here, was released in February 2010 and garnered positive reviews, with The A. V. Club giving the EP a B+ and the Austin Chronicle

Austin Chronicle

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 giving 4 stars out of 4 saying that Speak is "poised to change the musical landscape." In 2011 Speak accompanied Tally Hall

Tally Hall

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 and Casey Shea

Casey Shea

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 across a national tour of the United States.

I Believe In Everything

Speak released their debut album I Believe In Everything on iTunes on September 27th, 2011, and played a release concert on October 1st, 2011 in Austin Texas, before the show Speak performed an acoustic set alongside opening band Marmalakes, and played five songs, including Neil Young

Neil Young

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's "Tell Me Why", their own song, "81", the Beatles' "Because", Stevie Nicks

Stevie Nicks

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' "Landslide" and an original song by Marmalakes. Prior to the album release the band released "Carrie" and "You Know As Well As I" for free download, and the album in it's entirety was streamed on Pure Volume. In late 2011, Speak performed a handful of shows to promote their newly released album the first show was in Vienna Virginia on October 18th.