Bad Pop Lyrics

Pop Levi's Blue Honey EP attempts to bring the 1960s back with five pretentious, poorly written songs. While Levi writes songs with a definite, unique voice, his awful lyrics overshadow every one of them. The lyrics are almost laughable: in the song "(A style called) Crying Chic" he sings, "I took my baby to the train/My baby must be lame."

Most of the songs are also instrumentally derivative to the point of imitation. However, for the few moments when Levi is on, his songs are dance-able and sweet. "Mournin' Light" is Zeppelin-esque rock n' roll, complete with extended "ooo"-ing and straight, rollicking power chords. The final song, "Skip Ghetto," shows promise with the background tambourines keeping a beat as the choir in the back sings along.

With some artists-Ariel Pink is a good example-the 1960s are easy to resurrect. Guitars melt and swoon, making the listener believe that the clatter of psychedelic noise percussion is, at worst, sincere. Levi writes what are, essentially, Zeppelin covers. From top to bottom, his songs are poorly planned, but occasionally catchy and momentarily delightful. Pop Levi shows some promise, but he needs to either get a Jimmy Page to round out the lyrics or get out.