The Pale Blue Dots

The Pale Blue Dots

The Pale Blue Dots is a Cardiff-based duo formed by Huw “Bunf” Bunford and composer Richard Chester. Bunford is best known as the lead guitarist of Super Furry Animals, and the project grows out of a period when the band is on hiatus and he is pursuing new academic and collaborative work. He studies for an MA in Film Composition at a London film school, and the project reflects that background as well as his long experience in Welsh indie rock.

Chester meets Bunford during his studies and the pair recognise a shared approach to music. Chester works in film composition, writing scores for films including Daylight Robbery and Red, White and Blue. He also collaborates with Music Producers Psychemagik, co-writing material and providing orchestral arrangements.

The group’s release Lots of Dots is a nine-track album issued digitally on Strangetown Records, the Cardiff imprint also associated with Cian Ciaran and Dafydd Ieuan. The record combines traditional songwriting with soundscape experimentation and draws on West Coast psychedelia, alternative pop and the sound world associated with Super Furry Animals.