In September of 2001, Love As Laughter's Sea to Shining Sea is another startling album off the cuff of Sam Jayne and friends. It's his second for Sub Pop, the first being 1999's Destination 2000. You may find it mesmerizing and spontaneous like good music always is. You might want to listen to all seven minutes of the song "Miss Direction" more than seven times. Or you may be tempted to listen to "Temptation Island" over and over until you drive your roommates crazy. More than likely, they'll want to hear it too. You should ask yourself if you will make it through another year without an intelligent rock record standard to have on hand for all those times when you just can't take another minute of bad plastic radio. Sea to Shining Sea, you're really going to like it. Really, really, really.