Plutonium Blonde

Legendary Pink Dots
Roir
General | Oct 2008

Reviews

Ragnar of Ravensfjord
Reviewed 2008-10-27
Long running Dutch band mixing electronic, brooding rock, psych, pop & folk. Fronted by the very unique vocals of Edward Ka-Spel this runs from the slow melancholic to the folk to trippy psych pop. Altogether completely enjoyable from beginning to end.

(((((1))))) Slow, churning beats, kinda old-school industrial with obsessive vocals. Very dark stuff.
((((((2)))))) Warbling, floating electronic-psych sound. Slows down in the middle that circles back to the beginning theme.
(((((3)))) Mellow, pleasant psych folk with flute. Very Syd Barret-like.
(((((((4))))))) Really neat, Neu!-inspired electro-pop.
((((5)))) Strange overlapping vocals in background & static with Ka-Spel speaking/singing about dandelion wine & lost loves.
(((6))) Slow, spacey, minimal then chaotic and clangy. Actually a little TOO chaotic.
(((((7))))) Strummy folk with banjo, bass clarinet and some random percussion bits.
(((((8)))) Airy ambience then found sounds like an outboard motor (?), back to ambient and slowly spoken vocals. Odd but continually interesting.
(((((9))))) Loose, watery percussion, sort of African sounding with a few strings. Completely unexpected but still fascinating.
((((((10)))))) “Typical” LPD song, slow tempo, electronics, story-telling vocals. Lots of boops and beeps in the background.

Recent airplay

Mailman
Virtually HappyMar 02, 2021
Rainbows Too?
minimum entropyJan 10, 2013
Rainbows Too?
Music CasseroleMay 21, 2011
My First Zonee
dream shoessMar 28, 2011
My First Zonee
Ambient AnnoyanceMar 30, 2010
Torchsong
On The WarpathJan 04, 2009

Charting

2008-11-09 — 2009-01-11
Week EndingAirplays
Jan 4 2
Dec 28 1
Dec 21 4
Dec 14 1
Nov 30 1
Nov 23 2
Nov 16 3

Track listing

1. Torchsong
2. Rainbows Too?
3. A World With No Mirrors
4. My First Zonee
5. Faded Photograph
6. An Arm And A Leg
7. Mailman
8. Oceans Blue
9. Savannah Red
10. Cubic Caesar