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ELASTICA

Elastica's brief, angular, and catchy punk rock became a hit on both sides of the Atlantic in 1995. While the group reworked both the sound and the image of new wave and punk rockers like Adam & the Ants, Wire, the Buzzcocks, and Blondie, the band's songs are more pop-oriented and hook-driven than most of their influences, and Justine Frischmann's cool sexuality is earthier, yet more detached, than Debbie Harry's. 

Guitarist/vocalist Justine Frischmann began performing professionally in the early '90s, forming Suede with her boyfriend Brett Anderson. In addition to naming the band, Frischmann was the group's original guitarist and continued to perform with them once lead guitarist Bernard Butler joined. However, she left the group soon after her relationship with Anderson ended. Frischmann formed Elastica after leaving Suede in 1991. Recruiting guitarist Donna Matthews, drummer Justin Welch, and bassist Annie Holland through advertisements, the final lineup of the band was set in 1993. Elastica released their first single, the roaring three-chord, two-minute punk rocker "Stutter," at the end of 1993

"ELASTICA"

tracklisting

Side A: LINE UP - ANNIE - CONNECTION - CAR SONG

Side B: BLUE - ALL-NIGHTER - WAKING UP - 2:1 - VASELINE - NEVER HERE - STUTTER

1995     LP    DECEPTIVE RECORDS     BLUFF 014LPN

MADE IN ENGLAND  ORIGINAL PRESSING

SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE

NOTES: Printed inner sleeve contains lyrics and band pictures.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 5 021289 051403

Label Code: none

Catalog on cover: (spine&rear) BLUFF 014LPN    (inner) BLUFF 014LP

Catalog on labels: BLUFF 014LP

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): BLUFF 014 LP A1  2  DAMONT  K

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): BLUFF 014 LP B  DAMONT  G

On labels: rim text reads "? 1995 Deceptive..............prohibited"

All songs........

On Inner Sleeve: Photos, Lyrics & Credits

On Back Cover: Tracklist

? 1995 Deceptive..............Made in England......London SE1 6LG

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RECORD NEAR MINT but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

Elastica's debut album may cop a riff here and there from Wire or the Stranglers, yet no more than Led Zeppelin did with Willie Dixon or the Beach Boys with Chuck Berry. The key is context. Elastica can make the rigid artiness of Wire into a rocking, sexy single with more hooks than anything on Pink Flag ("Connection") or rework the Stranglers' "No More Heroes" into a more universal anthem that loses none of its punkiness ("Waking Up"). But what makes Elastica such an intoxicating record is not only the way the 16 songs speed by in 40 minutes, but that they're nearly all classics. The riffs are angular like early Adam & the Ants, the melodies tease like Blondie, and the entire band is as tough as the Clash, yet they never seem anything less than contemporary. Justine Frischmann's detached sexuality adds an extra edge to her brief, spiky songs -- "Stutter" roars about a boyfriend's impotence, "Car Song" makes sex in a car actually sound sexy, "Line Up" slags off groupies, and "Vaseline" speaks for itself. Even if the occasional riff sounds like an old wave group, the simple fact is that hardly any new wave band made records this consistently rocking and melodic...(AllMusic)