#2061 Rocket from the Crypt - Scream Dracula Scream

The classic 90's album: the major-label debut that smooths off the sound's every hard edge for easier entry into the masses' asses. It's mostly propulsive, occasionally hooky, but with none of that grit and none of that whiplash unpredictability, trading Circa: Now's 2 minute / 8 minute songs for a bog-standard cadence of 14 swings at singledom, leaning on radio-ready choruses and undemanding production. Same old story, again and again 3/5