Strand is the second studio album by the American indie rock band The Spinanes, released in 1996 by Sub Pop.

[9] To promote the album, the band performed with two additional musicians at Lounge Ax in Chicago, Illinois, on March 26, 1996.

[2] The Washington Post wrote: "With Rebecca Gates adding piano, organ and mellotron to her guitar, such hushed, atmospheric tracks as 'Madding' and 'Luminous' live up to their Cocteau Twinnish titles.

"[11] Magnet wrote that the album "transcended [the band's] ragged Northwest-indie roots and gave Gates’ smart songwriting a dreamy, atmospheric sheen.

"[8] Trouser Press wrote that "the album exists on another plane, a dreamstate rooted in studio experimentation not live practicality.