With SXSW just over a month away we thought it was the perfect time to give our Band Of The Month award to one of the bands we stumbled across at a previous SXSW. They blew us away in 2009 and 2010, so be prepared to be blown away in 2011 by STEREO IS A LIE. Also happens to be a perfect time to introduce STEREO IS A LIE as their self titled debut album is released this month and with people like BBC 6 Music finally getting on the act and playing their tunes, what better time.

One member of STEREO IS A LIE is no stranger to these shores, front man Glynn Wedgewood is an ex pat and former IV Thieves vocalist/guitarist. Look out for an interview we did with Glynn, which will be on the site later in the week.

Check out the bands website HERE for a free download of the studio version of 'I Won't' a nice taster of their wonderful Brit rock meets Texas rock sound but for now we give you our February Band of the Month, STEREO IS A LIE:

Bio:
Austin, TX based STEREO IS A LIE was formed when Glynn Wedgewood (IV Thieves) relocated from his native England and met up with Davy Hamrick (Lomita), Marcus Pina (Alta May), Justin Scott and Danny Stapleton (Our Black Love Song). SIAL spent a large portion of 2009 writing and playing shows, supporting such artists as Rob Dickinson (Catherine Wheel), Dead Confederate and Sixteen Deluxe along the way. In January 2010 they were named The Deli's 'Emerging Artist of 2009', beating off competition from Neon Indian and Black Joe Lewis. May 2010 saw SIAL complete the recording of their debut album, which was subsequently mixed by Chris Cline (...Trail Of Dead, The Society Of Rockets, Elephone, etc.) and mastered by John Golden (Sonic Youth, Film School, Japandroids, etc.). In June 2010 SIAL signed to central Texas based boutique label, Monolathe Recordings. The first single 'It's Too Late', was released on the 16th of November 2010, with the debut full length following this month.

Members:
Davy Hamrick - drums & percussion
Marcus Pina - bass
Justin Scott - keyboards
Danny Stapleton - guitars
Glynn Wedgewood - vocals & guitars

Influences:
In no particular order:
PJ Harvey, Ride, The Meters, Sigur Ros, The Smiths, Von Bondies, Lush, These Animal Men, Portishead, The Bees, Suede, Longpigs, The Small Faces, The Raveonettes, Radiohead, Super Furry Animals, Stevie Wonder, The La's, Longpigs, Six By Seven, Interpol, Led Zeppelin, Gillian Welch, Tim Buckley, Mansun.

Sounds Like:
Catherine Wheel, Constantines, U2, Swervedriver, The Duke Spirit, Muse

Current release and where it's available:
STEREO IS A LIE (LP) will be available February 8th via Monolathe Recordings:
USA - physical & digital (Nail/Allegro Distribution)
UK/Europe - digital & physical (import only)
ROW - digital & physical (import only)

Amazon, itunes, emusic, zune, etc.

Up and coming artists you would recommend, both UK and Austin:
Swimming (UK)
Dog Is Dead (UK)
Ringo Deathstarr (Austin)
New Roman Times (Austin)

Future Plans:
Tour, record, rinse and repeat.

Tour Dates:
February 12th - Austin, TX (The Ghost Room)
March 5th - Austin, TX (The Ghost Room)
March 16th - 19TH Austin, TX (Various Venues during SXSW)
April 30th - San Marcos (venue TBC)

If you were the prime minister (president) for one day, what would you do:
Dissolve the government.

Live video of STEREO IS A LIE performing 'I Won't'