Track Listing

1. Sugar Assault Me Now
2. Blue Honey
3. Style Called Crying Chic
4. Pick Me Up Uppercut
5. Skip Ghetto
6. Dollar Bill Rock
7. Flirting
8. Mournin' Light
9. See My Lord
10. Hades' Lady
11. From The Day That You Were Born

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12034 in Music
• Released on: 2007-02-12
• Number of discs: 1

CD Description
A former member of Liverpool electro-pop band Ladytron, PopLevi released his exotically named solo album, THE RETURN TO FORM BLACK MAGICK PARTY, in February 2007. Less slavishly retro than the work of his former band, the album seemingly channeled the spirit of Prince, Marc Bolan, and Roxy Music. The end result was a sound not unlike Goldfrapp's 2006 album, SUPERNATURE--in short 1960s melodies, 1970s glam-rock beats, and 1980s synth-driven electronica.

Customer Reviews

Rock and Roll Soul - Buy This Album!
I saw Pop Levi live a few months back at the Water Rats and it's fair to say they blew my mind. Pop Levi, the frontman and writer comes across as being possessed by the spirits of Jimi Hendrix (with his guitar solo's), Marc Bolan (the glam-influenced sound), Prince (his dance moves in stage) and Beck (in how current it sounds). The band are tight to and look the part, the drummer has to be the best rock drummer since Keith Moon (ok so that may be pushing it!). But seriously i cant wait for this album, ive heard quite a few tracks from the singles," Sugar Assault Me Now" is an Indie Dancefloor anthem, "Blue Honey" is like Led Zepplein for a new century and "From The Day You Were Born" is like a ballad that John Lennon would make if he were still alive today. They both come from Liverpool, so maybe he has his spirit too. Pop Levi could well be one of the smashes of 2007, and are in with a big chance of the Mercury Prize i'd say, like me i would buy this record on Feb 12th and go and see them before everyone else catches on at the summer festivals...

Pop Levi quotes
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"Imagine Bolan produced by Prince, then scrambled by Beck, and you're only halfway there." UNCUT 4/5

"We've got a feeling that things are going pop off big time for this swaggering LA psyche child"
DAZED

"Less singer-songwriter, more junk yard Beck, this former member of Ladytron impressed Ninja Tune so much they gave him his own Counter Records imprint. And on the evidence of this first five-track ep, no wonder"
OMM - HOT TUNES

"Trippy, sexy, wickedly produced, deeply psychedelic glam rock"
MIX MAG

"A timeless glam racket from LA based Levi."
MUSIC WEEK - PLAYLIST

"This English born, L.A based multi-instrumentalist comes across as a convincing `modern T-Rex'....forthcoming album `The Return To Form Black Magick Party' should easily break him to a (deserved) large audience'
*****DMC UPDATE

"Rockabilly-tinged mentalist rock....astoundingly good"
WHAT'S ON

`Fully tremendous rock and roll soul...his gigs are things of craziness and wonder"
WORD

"A solo master of psych-glam-garage-blues-rock"
"debut EP 'Blue Honey' is one of the most infectious yet mind-blowing things you'll have heard"
"new psychlord on the block whose densely layered acid glam anthems are what Aphex Twin would sound like if he played astral rock'n'roll instead of techno"
TIME OUT

"..plays the sort of snake-hipped glam boogie that Kings Of Leon might if they'd spent the summer locked up in Noddy Holder's cellar"
NME

`Sugar Assault Me Now is no tiresome pastiche. From the moment the piledriving drums steam into the buzzsaw guitar, it's a blaze of discordant glory. The hint of S&M in the lyrics is simply the icing on the cake.
MUSIC WEEK

"Definitely a one off"
ONE WEEK TO LIVE