Photos by LG White

“I went to Los Angeles with Ladytron, and within a minute of waking up there, I wanted to live there. It had blue skies, palm trees, and they’ve made some serious records here. LA truly is the land of make-believe. And it was a challenge.”

Pop Levi returned to Liverpool, rounded up his current four piece band and then shipped them out to LA, too. The band, plus a few guests, helped record Pop’s first EP, Blue Honey, released by Counter Records in September 2006 and also The Return To Form Black Magick Party, though Pop laid down great chunks of it single-handedly.

Pop Levi – Never Never Love

The album was released in February 2007 to considerable critical acclaim and Pop found himself picking up celebrity supporters as diverse as Jarvis Cocker, Lauren Laverne, Noel Gallagher and Kasabian, who he was asked to support at Somerset House in London. In July 2008 the avant-pop masterpiece Never Never Love album will be released which was recorded in Quincy Jones’ (Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”) studio. Pop Levi, a true cult hero.