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Elastica: Pulling Power

Lisa Verrico, Vox, February 1994

Elastica may look rough, but their impoverished image is all part of the game. Inspired by such bands as The Buzzcocks and Wire, and pursuing a "poorer is better" policy, the Suede divorcees are top of the new art-rock class.

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