LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You (2010 UK limited edition 2-CD album set - The follow-up to 2008's 'Falling Off The Lavender Bridge', 'Life is Sweet! Nice To Meet You' is an epic collection of twelve pop songs, two instrumentalintermissions and one piano etude. Lightspeed's early leaning towards American country dressings is traded here for a palette that draws on classical music and even musical theatre. Producer and mixer Ben Allen [Animal Collective, Gnarls Barkley] assembles the eclectic grab-bag of influences, joltingly 70s guitar and synth sounds, classical piano, Greek choruses shouting reprisals, and at least one ukelele-driven moment. This 2-disc edition comprises the 15-track CD album featuring the single 'Marlene'; plus a Bonus 5-track CD including four live versions of songs from the album, plus a version of 'Devil In Disguise' by Elvis Presley, recorded especially for his birthday!)