Lewis made his debut in 2002 with “The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane and Other Favorites.” The latest CD, recorded with his brother Jack, on bass, boasts the equally fetching title above.

Immediately striking is the wit embedded in the opening number, ‘Back When I Was 4’, you'll laugh out loud or die trying not to, and from there on in will be bowled over by some acute observations and unusual warmth.

- (4 stars of 5) Barfly "As Bob Dylan proved early in his career, there’s a very fine line between outsider folk and a comedy record.

The shaggy dog, talking blues about post-apocalyptic monkeys and farmers’ daughters from Another Side Of may have sunk to the bottom of Dylan's catalog, but their rambunctious goofiness shines on in Jeffrey Lewis, one of a new generation of New York anti-folksters.

On his second full-length for Rough Trade, the 27-year-old cartoonist brings his cracking voice to bear on the pressing issues of the age: rampaging ghouls, towers of turtles and the fact that no, he doesn't want to do any acid, thank you.

The wackiness of Cracked is charming, but the real highlights of the record are songs where Lewis turns his wide-eyed language on more personal matters.