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. Their debut
EP,
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 giving 4 stars out of 4 saying that Speak is "poised to change the musical landscape." In 2011 Speak accompanied
Tally Hall and Casey Shea 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 27, 2011, and played a release concert on October 1, 2011, in Austin Texas, prior to the album release the band released "Carrie" and "You Know As Well As I" for free download, and the album in its 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 18. The band has since then opened for
Tegan and Sara and
Jukebox the Ghost, and has played a collection of shows across North America.
Girl Songs In 2013 the group released the EP
Girl Songs which was sung entirely in a cappella by lead singer, Troupe Gammage. 2013 also saw the release of the single
Peaks off of their upcoming second album,
Pedals. ==Discography==