THX
Been looking for this forever.


-E

On May 23, 2009, at 4:46 PM, John Caruso wrote:

>
>
> One of the bands I most associate with the Chameleons is Levitation
> (Terry
> Bickers' band after the House of Love)--somewhat in terms of the
> sound,
> but more in terms of the melodicism and intensity of the
> songwriting. I've actually had friends tell me they sound like the
> Chameleons when I've played them. And they've long been near the top
> of
> my list of favorite bands.
>
> So I was floored a few weeks ago when I happened across two separate
> MySpace pages containing five Levitation songs I'd never heard. This
> page
> contains four tracks from the never-released Terry Bickers version of
> Meanwhile Gardens:
>
> http://www.myspace.com/levitation23
>
> All of these are good, and I'd put "Garden's Overflowing" and
> "Bodiless"
> right up there with the best songs they ever did--brilliant stuff. And
> this page contains "Cutwater", which was only released on a
> limited-edition 7" single:
>
> http://www.myspace.com/levitationmusic
>
> This song has a vaguely "Is It Any Wonder?"-esque riff to it.
>
> For those of you who've never heard Levitation, you should
> definitely take
> this opportunity to check them out for free. That second page has
> three
> other tracks of theirs that are on albums you could probably pick up
> if
> you look around a bit; "Pieces of Mary" (from Need for Not) in
> particular
> is a perfect introduction to the manic genius of the band. If you do
> try
> it out, don't give up until you reach the end, because each Levitation
> song is like four of anyone else's (sound familiar?).
>
> Finding nearly an album's worth of unreleased material from one of my
> favorite bands was like having my own private Christmas. What I
> wouldn't
> give to find an extant band making music a fraction this good....
>
> - John
>
>
>



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