Close Cover Before Striking Explained

Close Cover Before Striking
Type:	ep
Artist:	Luna
Cover:	Closecover.jpg
Genre:	Indie pop, indie rock
Length:	29:14
Label:	Jetset
Prev Title:	Romantica
Prev Year:	2002
Next Title:	Rendezvous
Next Year:	2004

Close Cover Before Striking is an EP by Luna. It contains two videos ("Lovedust" and "1995" from Romantica), as well as Rolling Stones and Kraftwerk covers.^[1] The digital re-release in 2011 added Led Zeppelin and Alice Cooper covers.^[2]

Track listing

All lyrics by Dean Wareham, music by Luna, except where noted.

1. "Astronaut" – 4:00
2. "Waiting on a Friend" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 4:46
3. "Teenage Lightning" – 3:30
4. "Drunken Whistler" – 3:13
5. "The Alibi" – 4:12
6. "New Haven Comet" – 4:32
7. "Neon Lights" (Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Karl Bartos) – 5:01
8. "Dancing Days" (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) – 3:41
9. "Only Women Bleed" (Alice Cooper, Dick Wagner) – 3:36

Videos

1. "Lovedust"
2. "1995"

External links

• Close Cover Before Striking on Luna's Bandcamp website with track listing

Notes and References

1. Web site: Luna: Close Cover Before Striking EP. Pitchfork.
2. Web site: Originals: Dancing Days by Led Zeppelin (Covered by Luna).