Sugar Assualt Me Now!

Pop Levi is the 21st century boy who looks like he could be Captain Beefheart's long lost cousin. He should just start writing his autobiography already... I am certain it would make for quite an exciting read!


Having founded the post-rock experimental band Super Numeri with Victorian housemates Snap Ant and Karl Webb (Loka on Ninja Tunes), getting signed to Ninja Tunes, being the tour and studio bassist for Ladytron since 2003 and then finally embarking on quite the cosmic solo career, Pop Levi is turning into a rather prolific indie-vidual.

Tales like getting randomly attacked and permanently scarred whilst doing an early rendition of Skip Ghetto, you know, stuff to inspire you to cover a Little Richard song (Directly From My Heart To You) that the man himself bestowed upon him. Busking the streets of Liverpool till he knew every song off by heart before taking to the stage with an electric live performance channeling the purveyors of 60's retro and classic rock.

The Return To Form Black Magick Party is a psych-tinged glam-pop masterpiece. An astral collection of sugar coated hooks that is one of the most fun albums I have heard this year so far. Lester Bangs would've probably been too enthralled by it to find an inkling of a flaw in it. This is Neo-hippie Wave informed by T. Rex (Marc Bolan), Ziggy Stardust-era Bowie, Led Zeppelin (vocals are very Robert Plan at times eh), Doors and even Prince. The old school leanings towards the recording process was strong too, with layers and layers of old home recordings being used to complete his 3rd eye's vision.

Just go buy this album, seriously! Even better, get it on vinyl and put him with his friends that are long gone.

There's the dance floor rocker Pick-me-up uppercut, the glockenspiel led ode of Flirting and the hazy backward tape looped Skip Ghetto, a soundtrack to those summer days of reminiscing of the good ol' times past.

Enjoy!

Pick-Me-Up Uppercut
Skip Ghetto
Flirting
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Dial up my heartbeat, babe
Nothing but a dead line
But I'm up on my pony
Riding right out of time

- Ri