Blending aggressive arrangements with honest hook filled melodies, DC area band SHANE HINES AND THE TRANCE have found a way to get inside their listener’s head. Deconstructing the best elements of british rock, The Glory Journal is an album that moves you in all the right places. Songs like “Way Up” and “We Can Never Be” have you singing along and clenching your fist while also wondering how the band got so close to your own little world.

The Glory Journal, which was recorded entirely through the online

donations of fans and supporters, has already been gaining momentum before the masters were even finished. “Way Up” was recognized as a 1 of 3 finalist in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest and online blogs such as The Daily Vault and Top40-Charts have been saluting the bands success in raising over $30,000 in 5 months.

With a past resume that reads like your any of your favorite major label breakout bands, SHANE HINES AND THE TRANCE are moving at a pace that might find them on your ipod before your best friend can call to tell you they heard of the band first.