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The 12-track Acetone is focused and intentional in a way the band had never been, sorting through the suffering of survival with tenderness and intensity.
2y
70
The lyrics of Richey Lee are worn down like worry stones. Nothing is excessive, and his old fondness for country music weepies is still apparent.
11y
40
The tracks on Acetone seem barely thought through, and the hopelessly out-of-tune vocals by Richie Lee (not to mention the haphazard harmonies of Mark Lightcap) come across as calculatingly folksy.
11y
Oh my god this is so PRETTY!!! Another slowcore album that just knocks it out of the park, albeit with a completely different sound to most slowcore I’m used to. It’s like about as pleasant as it can get, from the dreamy production that is a slight country tinge to it that feels almost beachy, to the messy but simply gorgeous vocals, I just loved every second of this. It felt so messy yet immaculately clean. It feels almost euphoric yet also painful lyrically. Idk how to describe ... read more
Just as strongly Slowcore as If You Only Knew, but this time with WAY more twang, which only serves to heighten Acetone’s sound even further. The vocals feel despondent and forlorn, striking a compelling contrast to the gorgeous slide guitars and southern drawl that this record sounds like it resides in. Remarkably consistent
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Track List
| 1 | Every Kiss 3:58 | 91 |
| 2 | All the Time 3:46 | 87 |
| 3 | Germs 4:44 | 88 |
| 4 | Might as Well 4:14 | 89 |
| 5 | Shobud 6:46 | 90 |
| 6 | All You Know 5:37 | 87 |
| 7 | Good Life 3:52 | 82 |
| 8 | Dee 4:30 | 85 |
| 9 | Waltz 5:37 | 84 |
| 10 | Another Minute 3:55 | 84 |
| 11 | So Slow 3:45 | 83 |
| 12 | Chew 6:14 | 86 |
Total Length: 56 minutes
