From The Pit...
San Diego favorites Rocket From the Crypt have just released their new album Scream Dracula Scream on Interscope records. Yet another San Diego band has gone major label!
Scream has a newer more structured sound than the usual Rocket fare. The new album is less clattered and noisy than past releases. Not to say this is bad; this is still definitely a Rocket From the Crypt album. It sounds like the band may be trying to sound a little more mainstream nowadays.
According to the liner notes, Scream was recorded with a 4 track machine taking down the basic tracks. Overdubs followed after that. The liner notes also claim that the album was originally intended to be a concept album, or "symphony". Hmmmmm...
Symphony or not, there is the Rocket horn section and even some string arrangements, in addition , of course, to the guitar crunching.
The album starts out with three strong, rocking tracks which turn out to be the best stuff on the album. "Middle", "Born in '69", and "On a Rope" promise good things to come. The album loses a little bit of it's momentum from there on though. Some of the subsequent stuff sounds surfy, some sounds 70's influenced, and there even some Elvis Costelloy stuff thrown in for good measure.
Overall, Scream is a good album. It's a little different from past Rocket stuff, but most importantly it's still a Rocket From the Crypt album.
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