The Strand Seconds Waiting

DIG! Records presents the archival reissue of The Strand’s debut album “Seconds Waiting” originally released by Wasp Records in 1983. An unlikely piece in the underground Rock’n’Roll puzzle – as much so then as it is now – The Strand hail from Old Town, Virginia, a city known more for its Presidential Masonic temple than an original independent music scene. Situated on the Potomac River across from D.C. and its much-lauded hardcore scene, it’s no surprise that with the exception of diehard music nuts the The Strand recorded output has remained an obscurity until now. By design, pop back-catalogues are a mess of two-or-so minute sides: one-hit-wonders, near misses and flat out failed attempts. “Seconds Waiting”, recorded in ’82 at Hit & Run Studios (yeah, like the early Void demos), makes good on Pops Promise with a full album worth of hits – take your pick! It’s a rare instance of the power pop gestalt fully realized. This is a true classic power pop reissue from ’83 with an unreleased studio track.