"Pay attention to SPEAK. The Austin electro-pop quartet — Troupe Gammage (vocals, keyboards, electronics), Nick Hurt (guitar), Jake Delahoussaye (bass) and Jake Stewart (drums) — last year was named “Best New Band” at the Austin Music Awards. The band’s EP, “Hear Here,” opened ears with its energy, its undeniably catchy dance rhythms and lyrics that aren’t just throwaway lines or clichés designed to get a dance floor rise during booty-shaking sessions. SPEAK actually has something to say, sometimes via falsetto vocals, on songs such as “Carrie (Mindfull)” and “Stand by Us.” And, if you’re keeping track of Texas music family trees, Troupe Gammage’s dad is Ernie “Sky” Gammage of Plum Nelly and Ernie Sky & the K-TELS. His mom is vocalist deluxe, singer and songwriter Christine Albert."