Menace

Elastica: Justine Frischman (vocals, guitar); Mew (vocals, keyboards); Paul Jones (guitar); Dave Bush (keyboards); Annie Holland (bass); Justin Welsh (drums).Additional personnel: Mark E. Smith.Personnel: Justine Frischmann (vocals, guitar); Dave Bush (keyboards); Justin Welch (drums).Audio Mixers: Min Adnikan; Alan Moulder; Marc Waterman; Phil Vinall.Arranger: Elastica.The wait. That's all anybody listening for the first time to Elastica's second album, The Menace, will have in mind. Inevitably, with a five-year buildup, the first listen to The Menace will be a letdown, especially for diehards who bought the 6-Track EP -- the full-length album contains four of those songs, albeit in (mostly) re-recorded versions. That initial disappointment fades fairly quickly, however, since this is an ideal second Elastica record. Since it sounds like a quick sequel to a hit record -- a simple step forward instead of a great leap into the unknown -- it naturally would have made more sense in 1996 o