Stephanie Morgan, vox, guitar, keys; Chuck Lichtenberger, keys, bass pedals, & vox; Tim Haney, drums. And often: Matthew Richmond, vibraphone & percussion; a small-to-large host of singers and horns.
Warm People has arrived! (May 2009)****INCLUDES "Bullet Train" and "Big Grey Peepers" as featured on World Cafe / NPR**** Get your copy here. ... or download it from
Grus americanus (Rel. Sept. 2007)****INCLUDES "Hey Hey Hey" from NURSE JACKIE and "Cold Cold" from THE RED HELMET**** Click to purchase.
(This EP is MONEY, Released 2006) Click to see track listing and description, and/or to purchase.
(Spiral In, stephaniesid's debut album; Released 2005) Click to see track listing and description, and/or to purchase.
According to ABC News, in the 1960s in Tanzania, a school temporarily closed down after three schoolgirls set off about two-thirds of the other students into uncontrollable hysterical laughter.
"Warm People" has arrived! Own the album Blurt magazine calls "hypnotic, anthemic, and contemplative. This is world class music, period." Get the CD or special 12" red LP version here. ... or download it from
View stephaniesid videos, including "The Red Helmet", featuring "Cold Cold"... a lovely film named Official Selection at the 2008 Nissan Outdoor Games in Interlaken, Switzerland, and currently being screened worldwide on the Banff Film Fest Tour... ..
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About stephaniesid
"Although generally referred to as an indie-pop band, their sound is actually far more complex and compelling than that genre label implies. Starting off as a darkly bittersweet piano-bar duo (with Chuck Lichtenberger playing piano and Stephanie Morgan singing), the group has since expanded to a full band and become one of the most interesting, experimental and creatively edgy acts.... and [they support] the local scene through efforts like the POPAsheville music festival (formerly known as IdFest). [They] may be one of the defining Asheville-based music acts of this era."--Steve Shanafelt, Mountain Xpress
Stephaniesid is indie pop revelry! The foundation is Stephanie (lead vox, guitar, synth) and Chuck (keys, bass pedals, backing vox), and a drummer (currently the fabulous Tim Haney), and sometimes we're able to bring Matthew on vibraphone and Jacob and Justin on horns, or singers, or other folks we like to make music with. We always play with heart and lust and gusto, because there's no point in doing anything else. We care about people and things. We often brood about them. But not for terribly long, as there is no gain in taking the human condition too seriously. The music, like life itself, is striving, searching, inconclusive, and (hopefully) beautiful.
We have chosen to live in the best city... Asheville, NC, in the mountains. And they've voted us "best indie band" here, 3 years in a row! People who live elsewhere and read about us are apt to think we've got banjos on our knees. Though Steph wishes she knew how to play a banjo, we are happy that people are slowly beginning to look around obvious identifiers.
We used to have a lot of other stuff about the history of the band up here on this page. But it's boring to read. Suffice to say we've been around for about 5 years, we like to tour, the national press takes notice every once in awhile, and people in increasing numbers are coming to hear us play.
Our third full-length album, Warm People, releases nationally on May 19. You can get your copy here!
great show in new bern last night I had to work all day but caught you guys for a few songs at the end. Made my day thanks.... oh yeah I got excited too at the end of nurse jackie
I just heard you guys on Nurse Jackie!!! Congrats. I couldn't believe it at first. I hope everything is going well and hope to see you all up here in NYC real soon.
you guys are awesome. Thanks for playing in our kitchen. So great to meet you all. It'll be a week or so before we post your video but here's a new one to tide you over ... http://www.monkeywhale.com/
