* PREORDER * DANA - Glowing Auras and Black Money LP

* PREORDER * expected to arrive late Oct/early Nov

Highly recommended.

Long-time followers of Strangeworld will know of our love for the music that emerges out of that unholy stretch of Ohio that takes in Cleveland, Columbus, Akron, and Cincinnati.

Now we find DANA and have secured copies of their new album (Clean Living, about to be entered) and this previous LP. These two reviews capture their sound better than we ever could:

"If UFOs are real (and I hope they are), I am sure those extraterrestrials would dig DANA’s latest album. The music pulsates in a manic, but subdued way, with swirly synths, otherworldly sounds, bashing guitars, and awesome vocals. Think BUTTHOLE SURFERS at their most rocking. It’s a noisy, skronking good time." - MRR

"Dana is one cool-ass group and Clean Living is fired-up and wiggly, taking inspiration from various eras of dance-punk but delivering the goods with an overt aggression that avoids tipping into modes of spastic freakout or cliché. Vocalist Madeline Jackson also plays the theremin, and while she’s undeniably kooky by typical office-worker standards, there’s a steely coolness to these songs that is lacking in much of the day-glo-colored neo-no-wave realm. You can think of Suburban Lawns and Devo with regard to Dana, but you should also think of The Stooges and Royal Trux and like, Jayne County and the Electric Chairs, for cryin’ out loud. They certainly could’ve opened for Pere Ubu at any time in Pere Ubu’s lengthy existence, and they wouldn’t have even had to drive very far! If there was a collaborative sub-label between Skin Graft and Goner, Dana would be a perfect fit, but until that comes to pass, I’m glad that they took it upon themselves to ensure the world has a chance to hear “R U Dead?” and “7 Years Bad Coke” regardless of outside benefactors." - YGR

RIYL: Brainiac, Boss Hog, Devo, Melt Banana