The Donnas "Gold Medal" Mo-Fi Edition 'Pool Kids' is the first

'Pool Kids' is the first studio album to include the full band

Alien Lanes

with Wasner playing the synthesizer ostinato on acoustic guitar at its center

" and "Strange Notes" are just three numbers featuring his transformation of the apocalyptic aesthetics of albums like Diamond Dogs and Station to Station toward more brutal ends

The Donnas "Gold Medal" Mo-Fi Edition 'Pool Kids' is the firstFamously formed in 8th grade for a school talent show, The Donnas began as a self styled co ed answer to The Ramones, playing gleefully unapologetic, pop punk paeans to adolescent alienation and hedonism from a decidedly female perspective. But by the time of 2004s Gold Medal, their sixth album and second for the major label Atlantic, the group has clearlydare we say it? matured. With the notable exception of the single (and career highlight) Fall