Hey I’m excit­ed. Liv­er­pudlian nu-glam and ex-Ladytron bassist Pop Levi is bring­ing his hyper­ac­tive T. Rex-isms to the Bath­house.

Here’s the sweet-toothed truth about Pop -

It’s not often you get to use the word “cat” about a fel­low human, 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 “chan­nelling” — 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.

So come along, dance around and get sug­ar in your eye. It’s gonna be cos­mic, and it’s gonna be fun.

Two oth­er things:
1. Over The Atlantic is sup­port­ing. You all know how we here at Wtg­nista is feel­ing about Bevan Smith and his myr­i­ad of projects.
2. Jaegermeis­ter is spon­sor­ing. There will be presents on the door, and trin­kets and drinks being giv­en away. *Hic*

Here be a Pop Levi track you can lis­ten to.

POP LEVI
SAN FRANCISCO BATHHOUSE
WEDNESDAY 6 JUNE
Pre­sales are $35, and avail­able from Slow Boat Records