Recorded at the height of Britpop, the domestic release of Plastic Venus' debut album, (which one prominent US journalist charted as one of the top 10 albums of last year!) has had to wait a year for the revivalist pshychosis to loosen it's grip on the British consciousness.
Apparently a conventional four piece, Plastic Venus moved from their Isreali base to Camden to be closer to their perceived roots and to be "more extreme". The music they make as a result is a confusion of loudness and indirection, not so much an in-your-face sound as an in-someone-else's. According to fans, it rarely makes sense and you're left with a sense of wonder, who are these people and why are they doing what they're doing?
In spite of this, they have their own following in Camden (and elsewhere). They look pretty weird too, the band as a whole sport that apocalyptic punk look. yet the sound they make is different, there's no reference to '70s punk. Anorexic, pre-bulimic, this band are masters of musical skinniness. Like Kate Moss in a revolting punk explosion.