Labor of Love

One of the amazing things about the record is how the final tapes still hold so much emotion, five years after they were begun. Considering the time it took to make it, it's ironic that the collection sounds like a live record -- albeit one recorded surreptitiously and late at night.

Levy will perform in public for the first time in ages at his long-awaited record release party this week. He'll be playing his own material, first with a band that includes Palao, Carges, Alison Faith Levy, and guitarist John Moremen, and next joining the Sneetches for what may be the last time (Carges is moving out of the area). And then?

Erik Auerbach

Details

Saturday, Feb. 3, at 10 p.m. Andrew Sandoval opens the show and Ray's Vast Basement closes. Tickets are $7; call 861-5016.

Sample of Mike Levy's "Away from My Head," from the CD Fireflies. Click the "play" icon in the control console below.

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Find more information, or order the CD, at www.parasol.com.

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"I would like to do another record at some point -- maybe by 2007," Levy says with a smile. "I find that when I'm happy I don't tend to write as much. I'm fine with that."