Justine Frischmann was once a very popular woman indeed, and not just because she'd been shagging Damon Albarn for like forever. She was the singer of probably the most exciting 90s band to not really get anywhere - Elastica. When Britpop was at its peak, she was one of the trend's darlings, but not particularly because of her music. However, one listen to their first album is enough to tell you why - they were just too interesting for a crowd of stupid shoegazers singing Charlatans songs.
Half the album is art-punk in the style of Wire or Television (in fact, the riff on 'Connection' is practically the same riff used on Wire's 'Three Girl Rumba'), and the other half would make obnoxious female led punk bands like The Slits and X-Ray Spex feel that they'd left a more than impressive mark.
I agree with the critics who argue that Britpop was far from inspiring for the most part (it gave us The Bluetones and Cast for crying out loud), but it is more difficult to pigeonhole this with other 90s albums. It was simplistic, endearing, instantly catchy, and made with a view to showing people that you didn't need more than two or three chords to make a brilliant song.
No wonder Damon and Justine split; he's about as inspiring as a Sound of Music tribute film with Britney playing Maria. Although that image is probably more frightening than her performance a couple of nights ago...
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