Dana and Alden

All their lives, Dana and Alden McWayne knew they wanted to be in a band together. After cutting their teeth at jazz jams around their hometown of Eugene, Oregon, they formed a duo simply bearing their first names and cut an EP titled Brothers in 2021. Over 2023’s Quiet Music For Young People, 2024’s Coyote, You’re My Star, and 2025's Speedo, Dana and Alden quickly established an eclectic, genre-agnostic sound drawn from their omnivorous musical upbringing — built on Dana’s saxophone and Alden’s drums, rooted in jazz, but pulling strains from indie, pop, rap, funk, pretty much everything.