Copyright 1990 Newsday, Inc.    
Newsday
October 14, 1990, Sunday, ALL EDITIONS
SECTION: PART II; Pg. 11
LENGTH: 567 words
HEADLINE: NEW RELEASES
BYLINE: Andy Edelstein. Martin Johnson. Wayne Robins
BODY:

'Bellybutton' Jellyfish
(Charisma)
     If you're over 35, every track here will remind you of
something you've heard before. A snatch of the Raspberries there,
a whiff of Squeeze there. But if you're under 25 - as are all the
members of this long-haired California quartet - this kind of snapp
y, jangly pop music probably sounds fresh, if not downright
revolutionary. No synthesizers, no drum machines, just purer pop
for nower people.  Jellyfish, along with bands like the Posies and
Material Issue, is in the vanguard of the newest wave of musica
l revisionism: third-generation pop. Its greatest influence seems
to be the '70s groups who themselves were derivative of the
mid-'60s British Invasion band: Raspberries, Badfinger, the Bay
City Rollers as well as more obscure power pop groups.
     Every decade or so rock decides to throw off its shackles and
get back to
basics. 1990 is as good a time as any. - Andy Edelstein

GRAPHIC: Photo-1) 'Bellybutton' Jellyfish. 2) Betty Carter