lushly packaged reissue. 'storm' was originally released in 1988 is the third reissue from fire records. it features the popular single 'uneven light of day' and a cover of robbie robertson's 'the weight'. 'giant sand is a mood,' says howe of giant sands, as if trying to offer a low-key explanation for his dizzying array of artistic exploration that includes a back-catalogue of some 40 albums as a singer, band-leader and producer. after growing up in pennsylvania in the 1970's, it wasn't until he moved to tuscon, arizona that he met his musical soul mate, the guitarist rainer ptaceck. the two formed giant sandworms and issued only a handful of recordings before the worms were put to rest, clearing the way for 25 years of brilliance as the reformed giant sand.