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LEVELLOAD

About Me


Pic by PICZO
"Yellow Fever" By Babanuki

A boy and a girl collide one night under Tokyo's neon sky. Boy plays the guitar, so girl dusts off her bass and after a few riffs, suddenly, it all just makes perfect sense.
A couple of spins by John Peel, a single featured in "Dirty Sanchez The Movie", a tour of Germany, an EP, a UK tour, a Japan tour, another German tour inc a show in Berlin broadcast on Radio eins, full page features in Artrocker and Connected magazines, an ALBUM release in Japan, another Japan tour this time involving TV appearances on Fuji TV's "Factory Live" alongside Cornelious and "Elvis Wanted", a storming set at Duran Duran's aftershow party in Tokyo, another single, playlisting on NME radio, a new drummer, another video later and they're ready to take on the world... Which they're doing by completing another successful tour of Japan, and releasing another single in the UK to much acclaim (see below).
"It’s a pop punk extravaganza and it’ll have you bouncing off the walls like Timothy Leary suffering from ADHD whilst astride a huge space hopper"
Von Pip Musical Express "Fully Loaded" interview
"Like a sparring brother and sister, they take turns to see who can thrash the loudest across frenetic, electro-tinged drumposiums"
The Guardian
"It’s punchy, it’s visceral and it’ll make you check your iPod hasn’t blown a fuse (do iPod’s have a fuse?) what more can you want from a single?"
The Devil Has The Best Tuna/Artrocker
"Sneering post-punk scuzz-pop"
God Is In The TV
"Love it. Love it. Love it. Non stop environmentally unfriendly racket. Geldoff, I think you better get your coat"
The Beat Surrender
"‘I’ve been thinking’ is a deliciously demented sub three minute pop dynamo"
Losing Today
"fuzzy off kilter indie pop, bursting with neon soundbites"
Manchester Music
"could just be the light at the end of the Darkwave tunnel that the UK underground is currently passing through"
Loud Horizon
"***"
John Peel
"I can't believe they are not on our playlists"
Xfm
“This Tokyo/London two-piece sound like they’ve listened to Bis,
ate loads of sweets and formed a band mere seconds later”
NME
"a recent favourite of mine"
The Times
"Bloody hell I'm so excited I won't be able to get to sleep for hours"
Artrocker
"Uber-cool punk poppers set a high precendent"
Hot press
"Tunes with a vitality and immediacy"
Connected Magazine
"Levelload conquer Brighton"
Yahoo Music
"Hontouni kakkoi" (Truly cool)
NHK JP radio
"Jump up & down 'til your ankles give way catchy"
Maps Magazine
“They definitely rock”
Artrocker
“What a first single ‘HND In RNR’ is; as if the Yeah Yeah Yeahs were
a great undiscovered Phil Spector girl-group”
Drowned In Sound
“Simple, straight, direct – they stick it right up there!”
Simon Le Bon, DURAN DURAN

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/27/2005
Band Website: http://www.levelload.co.uk
Band Members:

Mari LL
Tony LL
James Thomas


For bookings, press, and other enquires please contact
Flightpath Records
[email protected]

PR/Press
Keir Mills
[email protected]

Sagar Shah
[email protected]

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Influences: LEVELLOAD on FUJI TV 'FACTORY'

I Know you Know by Ian Galloway

HND in RNR

Palookaville

Sounds Like: SHOP

LEVELLOAD T-Shirts on sale!! Please specify size/colour.

£10+£2P&P

Colour
Size
HND inRNR/Palookaville 7" single

£3+£1 p&p (UK)

HND in RNR 5 track EP CD

OUT OF STOCK
Available on itunes

£5+£1 p&p (UK)

Releases in JAPAN

Yellow Fever 06/02/08
Tower Records JP / HMV JP / iTunes JP

V.A. "69 TRIBE" Cupid Honey Traps 22/04/09
CD JAPAN (import)/ Sony Music Shop
Record Label: FPRT
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Review from Guardian.co.uk!!!

Here's a review from the Guardian about compilation release party in Tokyo. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/may/13/turning-japanese -cupid-recordings
Posted by on Thu, 28 May 2009 05:42:00 GMT

Single Reviews!!!!

Thanks for coming down for our single launch last night. Now the dust has settled, here's a few reviews.http://www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk/daily/recordbox/iv e-been-thinking-levelload/http://www.artrock...
Posted by on Wed, 27 May 2009 03:42:00 GMT

New single out TODAY!

>Don't forget we're playing tomorrow @ The Old Blue Last to launch it. 9:30pm
Posted by on Mon, 25 May 2009 02:34:00 GMT

Coming home

We've had the best time in Japan, 13 shows-from 30 people crammed into the tiniest bar to 400 crammed into a great big place, from double headers to actually getting days off to do tourist stuff, from...
Posted by on Mon, 18 May 2009 19:47:00 GMT

The Old Blue Last @ this Sat

Dance Magic Dance presents LEVELLOAD at OLD BLUE LAST!!It's been ages Levelloaders! We are back with new material and James Thomas on drums, fresh off tour with Electric Eel Shock.Also playing are the...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:12:00 GMT

V.A 69TRIBE -Cupid Honey Traps Vol.1

The compilation album "Cupid Honey Traps vol.1" is coming out on Sony Associated records in JAPANNNN in 22 Apr 09.We'll be off for the release launch!!!!!!!You can now pre order it on line at (outside...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:06:00 GMT

Fuji TV Factory 24 Feb 26:30- On air

Yellow Fever Vid is going to be on Japanese TV.Don't miss it!FACTORY LIVE 0117Tokyo ska paradise orchestraTHE BEACHESµ«Ê¯·çóJAPAN-ƒ-SPECIAL
Posted by on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:43:00 GMT

Glastonburys Left Field Stage is coming to Camden!

Happy New Year!!Hope you had a good one.Leftfield is all about Music and PoliticsGlastonbury's Left Field Stage has gown since it's inception in 2002 from a drum riser in the corner of a beer tent to ...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:11:00 GMT

Advent calender = free download

Levelload is behind today's (19th) window of the Maps magazine advent calender http://www.mapsmagazine.co.uk/,  which means you have between now and xmas to get yer free Levelload track, and many more...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:04:00 GMT

New songs

We're continuing to be busy bees in the studio, and have completed another few songs which are on our profile. "..Hope Against Hope""The Louder You Shout.."LL ...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:34:00 GMT