The Return To Form Black Magick Party, by Pop Levi (CD on Counter)

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Rating: happy This record left our Maggie feeling happy.

First up POP LEVI Sings The Return To Form Black Magick Party. Its a swash buckling amalgamation of all things pouting retro. Its got the strut of Marc Bolan the vocal intonation of Robert plant with the vibe of the Rolling Stones. Not a bad list of artists but is it any good? Well its certainly holds its space in time with Its full of built in hooks and jerky hand claps. He's got an ear for the melody too when he's not being all whiney and nasal . Phil likes track 5 which is a simple guitar and vocal space song which has a hypnotic feel to it.... gazing out.. He's a talented geezer but he's treading over heavily trodden ground which makes it difficult to sound revolutionary... but they do say evolution rather than revolution.. and it sounds like a pretty cool side step from the glam rock we all know and love?

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Amazing virtuoso psychedelic pop debut album destined for greatness.·t’s not every day you get to use the word ‘cat’ about a fellow human being. But then it’s not every day you come across someone like Pop Levi. And Pop Levi is one strange cat. Born in London, with musical roots in Liverpool, a stint playing with Ladytron and a home in Los Angeles, Pop Levi likes to describe what’s good about pop music as “astral”. His debut album, ‘The Return To Form Black Magick Party’, is, fittingly, worthy of the term. Although the most obvious precursor of his sound might be Mark Bolan, listen carefully and you’ll hear touches of everyone from Jack White, Prince and Hendrix to Dylan, Lennon and Beefheart in there. But rather than being any kind of eyebrow-raised pastiche, this is what Pop describes as “channeling” – an album of such complete conviction, flair and energy (plus a lorryload of hooks) that it is utterly irresistible, a stack heel pushed right down on the accelerator.·From opening single, ‘Sugar Assault Me Now’, ‘Return To Form…’ picks you up and carries you along on a wave of jagged guitar riffs, rumbling drums, fuzzed up bass and Pop’s unique voice.·In the process Pop Levi seems to completely explode the already-tired consensus of rock music in the UK. Not for him the dour re-telling of reality. Pop Levi is not a reporter. He wants to re-make reality, and re-make it in his image. Call it astral projection if you like, but Pop Levi is going to be a star.