Blending an elegant mixture of psychedelic instrumentation and blissful arrangements, San Francisco's Crime in Choir truly deliver tunes that are sweet as sugar. With their latest album Gift Givers, they have produced a finely tuned array of epic, instrumental soundscapes for the listener to drown in. Expect to be glued to where you stand, and as CIC's bassist/pianist Kenny Hopper promises of their live performance, "First and foremost, entertainment! If we have not entertained you, we have failed". ANDY POHL