STEREO DECADE

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All 19 years old with university plans gleefully on hold whilst they take their sunshine-drenched, indie rock out to the world. STEREO DECADE from Upminster – Essex, are; Jonny Romain (vocals/guitar), Joe Harvey-Whyte (guitar, vocals), Joe Porter (piano, vocals) and Ben Bashi (appropriately named, since he plays the drums, vocals).

Their sound has been likened by many to The Who, with a dash of The Kooks 60s flavoured shimmy, and a sprinkling of that Kings of Leon magic, whilst retaining the vitality of your smarter-than-the-average band in their teens. Since the end of their A levels, Stereo Decade have clocked up some impressive shows including; Shepherds Bush Empire, London Freeze (Channel 4 Sports), Support to McFly (Rochester Castle), 02 Islington academy and most recently were featured at the CITY SHOWCASE (British Music Experience, at the 02).

The foursome met at school, in the same A Level Music Class. What began as a casual afternoon jam would turn out to be the most important moments of their lives. They never planned for it to turn into a band this quickly, for the laugh as much as anything else, they decided to play at a charity concert in the school assembly hall, and were more than a little shocked to find 250 of their classmates screaming along. “We were like, ‘what did we do?”

It was then that the four friends decided they should take the band a little more seriously and united by a joint admiration for artists like Kings Of Leon, Blink 182 and Daft Punk, decided to try and gather those influences into something of their own. “We all listen to absolutely everything,” says Jonny, “but we’re united by recognising when a tune is a tune.”

Stereo Decade come armed with a collection of songs that ideally sum up what it’s like to be young in modern Britain, something that Joe Harvey-Whyte reasons is “not a bad life, when you think about it.” With major lyric writer Jonny going through a particularly unpleasant relationship in the band’s formative days, their early songs were “mainly just about slating her…ha ! but now I write about more everyday stuff.

‘Train Ride’ is simply and brilliantly “about sitting on a train, taking ages and you just want to get to the place you want to get to,” not immediately the most startling subject matter for a song, until you hear its dashing observations picking off disparate elements of modern Britain – trouble at the station, bickering couples and, ultimately the longing for the girl he’s going to visit.

Their debut single, out in October 2009 through Medical Records (Universal), was the charmingly epic ‘Slow Down’. “It’s about a girl, you really like her but she’s just being a bit full on ‘back off’. You might have a girlfriend at the time, and you might really like her, but it’s like, I’m loving the attention, but whoahhh ... please back off.”

In conjunction with the release of “Slow Down” they toured the UK last October (in association with the Teenage Cancer Trust and Gibson Guitars) which produced a fast growing army of followers and appearances on BBC North, Powerful Peanuts, Live sessions on Absolute Radio, Q Radio and regional BBC shows. See video blog for this including some live footage from their final show at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfun7aKfEh0

All this set the stage for Stereo Decade to have a very busy 2010. Thankfully they’re well up for it – not to them protestations of ‘making the music we like and if anyone else likes it that’s a bonus’. They’re refreshingly honest when asked how they want all this to pan out.

Collectively, as a band, they want success, but in their own way and on their own terms. In their words “We want to create something that lasts”.

So, they’re back in the Studio this May-June, recording their debut EP with dynamic Producer Duo, Matt Hyde (Slipknot, Gallows, Fightstar, Bullet FMV, Newton Faulkner) and Oliver Som (Temple Grounds, Hello Mexico, Cojak). Release date is scheduled for mid-late summer 2010.

Look out for what is set to be a sizzling Tour to back it up, a must see is their interactive live show. Having such an enviable love of life might have something to do with the pleasures that come with being in a hotly-tipped young rock band and these guys know how to spank their audience with their catchy, sexy songs and musicianship way beyond their years.

Trashed Management:
Ian Rendall - ian@trashedmanagement.com
Sophia Lyons - sophia@trashedmanagement.com

National Plugging:
Neil Ashby - battashby@mac.com

Regional PR:
Momentum PR:
Mandy Crompton - mandy@momentumpr.co.uk
Nola Kinna - nola@momentumpr.co.uk

Regional Plugging TV & Radio:
Hart Media:
Jo Hart - jo@hartmedia.co.uk
Toby Opperman - toby@hartmedia.co.uk

Medical Records:
Adam Perry - adam.medical@mac.com
www.medicalmusic.uk.com

Legal: Harbottle & Lewis
Chloe Wright - chloe.wright@harbottle.com

Band chat:
MSN / Band Email: stereodecade@hotmail.co.uk

Street Team:
Email: sdstreetteam@hotmail.co.uk

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