AsWand, having shifted smoothly into Phase IV of their star-flung efforts on the wings of the latest,Vertigo,follow upon it with an LP release of the archivalIn a Capsule Underground,were a bit dizzy ourselves! These demos and unreleased songs fromGanglion Reef,as theyre so helpfully dubbed on the front facing of the jacket, are the earliest Wand recordings that we know of, preceding everything thats come so far. Its not simply a function of time and nostalgia at this late moment that they sound invariably like magical recordings by, and for, children, is it?

From the reverse end of the telescope, its not so easy to tell. Just because someones young doesnt mean that they are absolutely gonna sound like a souped-up baby Moody Blues crossed with a