Vanilla Trainwreck – Be a Sunny Beauty [1993; Mammoth Records]

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With opening track “Quandry”, Vanilla Trainwreck burst into grungy alt rock with a dusting of shoegaze attitude, with a roar of keyboards or pedaled-up guitar pushing past the chorus-pumping riffs and vocals.  On the B-side, “Florida” keeps the general flavoring the same, but shifts to a mellower tempo and almost surf-rocky guitar toning.  Quick and lively, with a surprising depth to the song-writing underneath the bluster.