Copyright 1993 The Washington Post   
The Washington Post
June 10, 1993, Thursday, Final Edition
SECTION: STYLE; PAGE D11
LENGTH: 183 words
HEADLINE: Something Borrowed, Something New
SERIES: Occasional
BYLINE: Mike Joyce
BODY:

     Far from being merely derivative, the San Francisco-based
quartet Jellyfish specializes in a kind of grand theft and pop
alchemy, gleefully robbing from Queen, the Beach Boys, the
Raspberries, Bad Company and other aging or defunct bands and
converting t
he booty into clever and often sweepingly orchestrated and
harmonized pop.
     On record at least.   Even blessed by the fine acoustics at
Gaston Hall Tuesday, the band couldn't quite duplicate the
expansive sound of its latest recording, "Spilt Milk." The
harmonies, though bright and often ingeniously arranged, were
comparatively 
thin, and absent, understandably, were the harps, tubas, cellos and
more exotic instruments that help add unusual color to "Spilt
Milk."
     However, while some of the studio-engineered sumptuousness was
missing, the band's playful spirit, engaging tunefulness and
cunning wordplay were not. Fronting a punchy and mostly
drums-and-keyboards-driven band, lyricists And Sturmer and Roger
Manning n
ot only proved that what goes around comes around in pop, but that
it's often better the second time around.