Close Cover Before Striking
EP by Luna
Released	October 8, 2002 (2002-10-08)
Genre	Indie pop, indie rock
Length	29:14
Label	Jetset
Luna chronology
Romantica (2002) Close Cover Before Striking (2002) Rendezvous (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]

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

1. "Lovedust"
2. "1995"

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