Levara

Mascot Records Announces Signing of LEVARA Premiere first song from band’s debut studio album to be released in 2021

Mascot Records has announced the talents of three musicians that together have signing of LEVARA, and the premiere of the enriched the aural landscape for all of us. first recording from the band’s debut studio Their songs offer an escape, as all music album coming in 2021. To view the “Heaven does, with points of reflection that relate to Knows” video, go to: https://youtu.be/ any listener’s life. The collective hope is Ca0yQq05QOE . simple. To be the catalyst for each and every person who comes across the music to find Guitarist Trev Lukather shares, revelations through the experience of hearing “’Heaven Knows’ is the opening track to our these songs. album so it makes sense to have it as our introduction to The World. Fast pace, in your Every tune on the band’s debut face rock n roll with that added LEVARA emanates from inspiration culled from their swag. The video is an old school homage to lives, and their mission is to rally the globe to the early MTV takeover days adding our connect with the band. These songs display a album color concept, bringin’ that sharp larger than life sound. A realized vision. dressed Miami Vice vibe to the mix. We are Anthemic tunes written and recorded just three guys that love making music and visualizing a mass audience becoming one having as much fun in the process so the with the body of work. Integrating their video is simply an accurate representation of personal voices to the live experience. Or us.” If you want to get real deep, singer Jules simply as a personal soundscape cruising the Galli reveals, “’Heaven Knows’ is about asphalt with the car stereo cranking. digging through the darker parts of your own psyche. It’s about asking questions to Their union merged in Los Angeles, yourself and recognizing our mystical one The World’s epicenters of musical connection to the bigger picture, a higher creativity. Singer Jules Galli emigrated from power... I like to think of it as a shamanic France, while drummer Josh Devine chose reading someone would receive in the L.A. as home versus his native United Amazonian jungle. What’s stopping you from Kingdom following success behind the kit reaching your ultimate potential?” In with One Direction. There they found summation, drummer Josh Devine states, common vision with Trev Lukather (guitar), “Whatever…” son of Toto’s Steve Lukather, one of SoCal’s most successful ensembles to ever emerge Trev Lukather, Jules Galli and Josh from the city. On some level these three Devine are LEVARA. Collectively, their players believe the universe brought them musical union brings life to the individual together. 84 Rock and Blues International • November 2020 All of the members have history prior to the emergence of LEVARA. Growing up in Bournemouth, UK, Josh picked up drums as a kid, never put them down, and toured the globe and appeared in two live concert films on the throne for pop juggernaut One Direction. On the other side of the world, California native Trev Lukather ripped on Diamante’s debut album Coming In Hot, and on the road in addition to touring with EDM phenomenon What So Not and performing at top festivals such as Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, and in arenas. He also found success as a songwriter, co-writing “Love/Hate Heartbreak” for Halestorm’s certified gold debut album alongside other compositions. After emigrating from France to Florida, Jules Galli relocated to Los Angeles five years ago, and has been an attraction at the popular Hotel Café leading his own ensemble of musicians prior to joining the band. As Galli shares, “When we started to collaborate, we found ourselves in the middle of something really fresh. My lyrics over the instruments created a new vibe none of us had heard before. We thought it would be a shame to not pursue the potential all of us were feeling.” Devine offers, “We all love classic rock, but we wanted to pay homage to it with a modern twist. Where’s the rock on the radio? Where’s the music we grew up loving? Where’s the guitar?” Trev Lukather urges, “We bring the feel-good anthems filled with emotion, tension and groove. Providing that much needed mutual escape. We are in it together. Artist to listener.”

Prior to recording their debut, the band toured the United States several times and supported Toto on an arena tour last Summer. While in Europe, they staged several headline appearances across Germany and other countries, floored by the response with fans coming out at every date. In Early 2020, they began their collaboration with Producer Ethan Kaufmann at Elephant In The Room Studios in East Hollywood. The album unequivocally captured the magic they sought to see take life.

“I believe LEVARA is a band that can spark an influence for young kids and people of all ages to pick up an instrument and feel that connection,” Trev concludes. “At the same time of singing along to anthemic, feelgood, and emotional tunes, you can incorporate the heart and soul that started music in the first place. We want to inspire our generation and the next to want to pick up a guitar, pick up a bass, pick up drum sticks, or go for those high notes vocally. I feel there is a need for epic ‘pop’ tunes to have that musicianship behind them like the classic bands we all love and admire. I believe we accomplished that with our album. If we can influence that in any way, we are winning.”

The band has plans to tour late-Spring, 2021. A confirmed itinerary will be announced in the coming weeks.