Laughing Matter 07/29/2008 Much of the latter is

Much of the latter is due to the presence of John Congleton

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the material was no match for the Michael Brown-penned classics

as described by Stevenson

Laughing Matter 07/29/2008 Much of the latter isThe new Wand album is a generous double album, a record of love and terror experienced in epic doses. "Laughing Matter" is part fuzzy parable, travel diary, pep talk and lullaby, with Wand going as far they can, from concise guitar rock to multifarious, eclectic pastiche, rich with disruption and ascendant choruses. Wand form new music from the ashes of a world that can no longer suffer its human abusers, to inspire us to hold the spirit close and do