{"id":2409,"date":"2012-03-12T14:50:01","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T18:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/?p=2409"},"modified":"2012-03-12T14:51:16","modified_gmt":"2012-03-12T18:51:16","slug":"savannah-stopover-band-to-watch-speak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/03\/12\/savannah-stopover-band-to-watch-speak\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Stopover band to watch: Speak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5595881567027133\";\r\n\/* 468 x 60 Banner bottom *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3159198192\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_0005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2410\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/03\/12\/savannah-stopover-band-to-watch-speak\/dsc_0005-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_0005-e1331577545679.jpg?fit=425%2C222\" data-orig-size=\"425,222\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC_0005\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_0005-e1331577545679.jpg?fit=300%2C157\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_0005-e1331577545679.jpg?fit=594%2C311\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_0005-e1331577545679.jpg?resize=425%2C222\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC_0005\" width=\"425\" height=\"222\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2410\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>I was headed over to the Ships of the Sea Museum garden (a great venue for live music) last Thursday night primarily because I wanted to hear Jukebox the Ghost perform at the Savannah Stopover, but I got there in time to hear Speak, a tight band from Austin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_0026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2411\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/03\/12\/savannah-stopover-band-to-watch-speak\/dsc_0026\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_0026-e1331577595601.jpg?fit=350%2C565\" data-orig-size=\"350,565\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC_0026\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_0026-e1331577595601.jpg?fit=185%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_0026-e1331577595601.jpg?fit=594%2C959\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_0026-e1331577595601.jpg?resize=350%2C565\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC_0026\" width=\"350\" height=\"565\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2411\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>MTV has characterized the sound as &#8220;synth-laden dance-pop&#8221; &#8212; which doesn&#8217;t sound like something I&#8217;d normally be interested in &#8212; but that seems far too reductive a characterization for Speak, winner of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Best New Band\u00e2\u20ac\u009d at The Austin Music Awards.<\/p>\n<p>You can sample and buy Speak&#8217;s album <em>I Believe in Everything<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/I-Believe-Everything-Speak\/dp\/B005G4GLF8\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1317052982&#038;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">on Amazon<\/a>, which was released in fall 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Speak is made up of Troupe Gammage, Jake Stewart, Nick Hurt, and Joey Delahoussaye. I&#8217;ll confess it took me a few minutes to get beyond how absurdly young the bandmembers appear to fully appreciate just how talented they are. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/do512.com\/band\/speak\" target=\"_blank\">Do512 has a thorough list<\/a> of what Speak is up to this week at SXSW back in their hometown of Austin.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s &#8220;Carrie&#8221;:<br \/>\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8HxSN1-iNmY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: none; margin:4px 0 4px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5595881567027133\";\r\n\/* Another large rectangle *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"0042810896\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was headed over to the Ships of the Sea Museum garden (a great venue for live music) last Thursday night primarily because I wanted to hear Jukebox the Ghost perform at the Savannah Stopover, but I got there in&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/03\/12\/savannah-stopover-band-to-watch-speak\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_0005-e1331577545679.jpg?fit=425%2C222","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1gN9R-CR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}