http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3412&rws=%2Felastica%2Fdiscography.rssSo they used to rip off Blondie and Wire at the same time. Elastica don't sound the same anymore; they're a different band now. You wouldn't call Jamie Summers the same woman after Oscar Goldman made her a bionic fighting machine, would you? The band was first introduced to America in a seemingly contrived U.K. media package touting them as leaders of a scene called the New Wave of New Wave. When they lost bass player Annie Holland and then guitar-nymph Donna Matthews, singer (and founder) Justine Frischmann added friend Paul Jones on the guitar and two new keyboard players named Dave Bush and Mew. Holland recently returned, and now their sound is much less predictable. The music morphs from cold, synthesized orchestras closing in on a heartbeat to wiry, stuttered pop car crashes, then moves on to the mechanical rhythms of well-bastardized beats. The singing at first seems distant, but is actually just standoffish in a can't-be-bothered-in-my-drug-haze way. Some of the most innovative stuff to come out of the U.K. since Primal Scream's <i>Vanishing Point</i>. - Eric SheaBrit Pop/Brit Rocken720Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:06:54 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3412&rws=%2Felastica%2Fdiscography.rss So they used to rip off Blondie and Wire at the same time. Elastica don't sound the same anymore; they're a different band now. You wouldn't call Jamie Summers the same woman after Oscar Goldman made her a bionic fighting machine, would you? The band was first introduced to America in a seemingly contrived U.K. media package touting them as leaders of a scene called the New Wave of New Wave. When they lost bass player Annie Holland and then guitar-nymph Donna Matthews, singer (and founder) Justine Frischmann added friend Paul Jones on the guitar and two new keyboard players named Dave Bush and Mew. Holland recently returned, and now their sound is much less predictable. The music morphs from cold, synthesized orchestras closing in on a heartbeat to wiry, stuttered pop car crashes, then moves on to the mechanical rhythms of well-bastardized beats. The singing at first seems distant, but is actually just standoffish in a can't-be-bothered-in-my-drug-haze way. Some of the most innovative stuff to come out of the U.K. since Primal Scream's <i>Vanishing Point</i>. - Eric Shea http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.264842&rws=%2Felastica%2Fdiscography.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Thu, 1 Nov 2001 00:00:00 -0800 Elastica Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.264842 alb.264842 Elastica art.3412 0.0 The Radio One Sessions alb.264842 2001-11-01 00:00:00.0 2001-11-01 00:00:00.0 false false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.264842&rws=%2Felastica%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.264842&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.273405&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Fdiscography.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 6 May 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Elastica Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.273405 alb.273405 Elastica art.3412 8.99 The Radio One Sessions alb.273405 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/5/4/1/561455_170x170.jpg 2003-05-06 00:00:00.0 2001-11-01 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.273405&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.273405&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.166265&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Fdiscography.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Mon, 25 Nov 2002 00:00:00 -0800 Elastica Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.166265 alb.166265 Elastica art.3412 8.99 The Menace alb.166265 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/9/8/9/1269898_170x170.jpg 2002-11-25 00:00:00.0 2000-08-22 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.166265&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.166265&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.177848&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Fdiscography.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 6 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800 Elastica Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.177848 alb.177848 Elastica art.3412 9.99 Elastica alb.177848 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/2/3/9/1109327_170x170.jpg 2007-03-06 00:00:00.0 1995-03-14 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.177848&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.177848&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.229424&rws=%2Felastica%2Fdiscography.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Sat, 1 Jan 2000 00:00:00 -0800 Elastica Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.229424 alb.229424 Elastica art.3412 0.0 Mad Dog alb.229424 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/5/8/6/386853_170x170.jpg 2000-01-01 00:00:00.0 1995-01-01 00:00:00.0 false false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.229424&rws=%2Felastica%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.229424&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.306808&rws=%2Felastica%2Fdiscography.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Elastica Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.306808 alb.306808 Elastica art.3412 0.0 Stutter/Rockunroll alb.306808 null 1994-01-01 00:00:00.0 false false single http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.306808&rws=%2Felastica%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.306808&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Fdiscography.rss