Stereolithic (stylized as STER30L1TH1C) is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band 311, released on March 11, 2014.

During the songwriting process, P-Nut informed Hear Magazine that the new album had "darker themes, even lyrically."

I’ve always felt that, at least in demo form, our music is darker than the philosophy behind the lyrics that can end up in the final product.

"There are a lot of great rock riffs and Chad keeps mentioning that he wants it to be danceable, so that's what he's going for in his drum parts," Hexum said in an interview with Fuse.

"[4] The same article also described "crazy epic" dual-sweep arpeggio guitars that brought the band's experimentalism to a brand new level.

Hexum also told Billboard magazine that "There’s a lot of riffs and really good high-energy stuff that’s going to be great for a live setting.

Those who pledged to buy any combination of CDs, vinyl and posters (some autographed) were put into a drawing to win a variety of prizes which include: Concert tickets, backstage passes, media photo passes, custom guitar picks from Nick and Tim, a pair of custom Vater drumsticks used by Chad Sexton during recording, GHS bass strings used by P-Nut during recording, a band-autographed drum head, hand-written lyrics by Nick and S.A. from a song of the winner's choice, a live Skype call from P-Nut, and as the grand prize, Tim Mahoney's autographed Paul Reed Smith SE guitar.

"[9] Patrick Flanary from Glide Magazine stated "Much of the album is dull familiarity, a retread rife with expected song structures, indulgent effects, and silly studio chatter."

[11] Omaha World-Herald's Kevin Coffey states that "The record also suffers from a bad mix that downplays the band’s strong musical abilities in order to bring the vocals out front to make this rock band sound like a pop project", also noting that there's much to enjoy.