Title: New Sound for Elastica, Poor Execution
Product review: It's been five years since the release of Elastica's debut album, but apparently they didn't spend much of the intervening time writing songs or working in the studio. Most of the tracks sound like amateurish doodling instead of finished songs. There's lots of screaming, discordant guitars and odd time signatures. When the Pixies used these same elements in the late eighties they created awesome masterpieces; in the hands of Justine Frischmann and her bandmates-du-jour we get a bunch of unmemorable tracks that don't hold together. There's also two new keyboard players in the band, but their contributions are uninspired and don't add much to the overall sound.Don't get me wrong; I'm glad Elastica had the guts to try something new. The last thing I'd want to hear is a carbon-copy of their first album. But they should have worked on refining their new sound before committing it to disk.
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