Originality in pop is an overly-fetishised concept, especially by music critics. I have probably caught that bug a little myself, which is why I hadn’t found myself revisiting Elastica’s two albums ...

In this month's essay, Jeanette Leech seeks to reclaim the legacy of Elastica's vastly underrated second album from prurient mutterings about drug addiction and the collapse of Britpop, celebrating ...

Since the release of Elastica's self-titled 1995 debut, virtually everything imaginable has gone wrong for the group: Initial sessions for the highly anticipated follow-up were disastrous and had to ...