Elastica 6 Track EP explained

6 Track EP
Type:EP
Artist:Elastica
Cover:Elastica 6 Track EP Cover.jpg
Released:23 August 1999
Recorded:1996–1999
Genre:Britpop
Label:Deceptive Records[1]
Producer:Bruce Lampcov, Alan Moulder
Prev Title:Elastica
Prev Year:1995
Next Title:The Menace
Next Year:2000

When released in 1999, Elastica's 6 Track EP was the first new material issued by the band since the B-Sides from the Car Song single from 1996 .[2] According to bandleader Justine Frischmann the EP represented more of a document of what the band was up to during the interim rather than a return to form: "The material has been chosen to allow people to hear rarities and demos which reflect all stages of the bands recording between 1996 and 1999. The EP is certainly not intended to be some big comeback record." Indeed, several of the songs would later find themselves on their second album The Menace (2000) although in more polished form.

Mark E. Smith duets with Frischmann on "How He Wrote Elastica Man."[3]

Track listing

  1. "How He Wrote Elastica Man" (Julia Nagle, Mark E. Smith) – 2:02
  2. "Nothing Stays the Same" (Donna's Home Demo) (Matthews) – 2:37
  3. "Miami Nice" (Home Recording) (Elastica, Hardy) – 3:22
  4. "KB" (Elastica) – 3:12
  5. "Operate" (Live) (Matthews) – 3:25
  6. "Generator" (Elastica) – 1:51

Personnel

Elastica

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dancing With Tears in Your Eyes | The Village Voice. The Village Voice$3. August 2006 .
  2. Web site: Elastica – Artist Profile – Stylus Magazine. stylusmagazine.com.
  3. Web site: Elastica spelled the end with (voluntary) help from a post-punk veteran. Music. 20 November 2014 .