SPEAK arrived in blustery downtown Brooklyn yesterday and unloaded their van into a small apartment in the creative district. The band will live, write, play shows, and network with the industry and press for the next month as the first phase of rollout on their debut album to come this Spring/Summer via a new venture between Playing in Traffic and Modern Art Records.

The visit is framed by two shows: February 15 at Arlene’s Grocery in Lower East Side Manhattan and March 3 at Knitting Factory in Brooklyn. SPEAK will be developing new material out of their apartment as well as various writing rooms at Warner Music Group offices Read the rest of this entry »

SPEAK inked a co-publishing deal with global powerhouse Warner/Chappell Music last week.

From www.warnerchappell.com:

The Warner/Chappell Music catalog includes standards such as “Happy Birthday To You”, “Rhapsody in Blue”, “Winter Wonderland”, the songs of Cole Porter and George and Ira Gershwin, as well as the music of Eric Clapton, Green Day, Katy Perry, Led Zeppelin, Lil Wayne, Madonna, Radiohead, Paramore, Red Hot Chili Peppers, T.I. Timbaland, and others.

Congratulations, SPEAK!