https://joys.net/3623/sea-to-shining-sea/ Bringing Joys and Happiness Fri, 13 Mar 2020 09:48:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 https://joys.net/3623/sea-to-shining-sea/#comment-18012 Anonymous Thu, 04 Jul 2013 07:16:14 +0000 http://joys.net/3623/sea-to-shining-sea/#comment-18012 This is worth getting if you are a Love as Laughter completist, but if you are just getting started with Love as Laughter’s music, I would recommend “Laughter’s Fifth” or “Holy”.

]]> https://joys.net/3623/sea-to-shining-sea/#comment-18011 treblekicker "treblekicker" Thu, 04 Jul 2013 07:00:27 +0000 http://joys.net/3623/sea-to-shining-sea/#comment-18011 4 1/2 Stars Sam Jayne and company have turned out a … record that’s rock and roll in every sense of rock and roll. Produced by Unwound’s Vern Rumsey and the ubiquitous Phil Ek, the record is a slick, skillful outing camouflaged in gritty, raw production. And Love as Laughter don’t waste a second proving it. The opening track, “Coast to Coast,” builds from an adrenalized Who-like intro into what may be either one of the best tour songs I’ve ever heard, or the theme song to a potential Love as Laughter TV series, wherein “like every band on the run/ [they] fight for noise and some fun.”

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