The Crimea – ‘Lottery Winners on Acid’ (Warner Bros) Released 09/01/06

'Lottery Winners on Acid'? Is that like ‘omigod they’re like lottery winners.  On acid.’  Probably not what The Crimea’s writer/ singer Davey MacManus is getting at here.  Whatever, the slightly forced lyrical quirkiness means it’s equalled by that of the sonic kind with queasy keyboard, guitar and xylophone creating a Flaming Lips-esque sickly sweetness.  A laid-back song that meanders along at its own pace and perhaps that’s why it begins to bury itself in your head after a while and the chorus seems almost shout- a- song.  Evidence of a developing song writing talent from a group around previously as The Crocketts.