Demonstrating an increased sense of pop, not only in their songwriting but also in their relatively measured performances,
the Lemonheads turn in a winning second album with
Creator. Although they still spend a little too much time mucking around with sub-hardcore noise,
Evan Dando's gentler pop numbers are quite appealing, even when he treads a little too closely to dippy-hippie clichés, and they certainly point the way to the engaging punk-pop of
Lick.