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 Piña (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 out 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.). The first single “It’s Too Late,” was released in November 2010, with the debut full length following in February of 2011.