Weekly Album: Week of 07/30 - 08/05 - Acetone

This week I listened to Acetone by Acetone. I had very few expectations going in as prior to being recommended this album by my friend Deckra over at Lost Gestures blog (which is very good and if you like hearing about smaller bands that your probably have never heard of before you would like it a lot) I had never heard of the band Acetone before. Upon listening, I found it to be a very pleasant and chill alternative rock album. The whole album is marked by slow tempos, clean guitars, and very soft vocals. It is a very well produced album, which I think something this clean needs to be. If the album sounded very under-produced and lo-fi it would not work as well as it does. The guitar work on this album is very nice, using a lot of vibrato and tremolo effects which gives the album a sort of swirly vibe to it, which I think adds to the chill nature of it. Some of the songs have this little country edge to them, and while I am not crazy about country, do help to break up the rest of the album. If it was just straight slow, soft songs the whole time it would be a little repetitive. But having the country-twinged songs like "Might As Well" or "All You Know" keep it fresh. This is certainly an album I will return to for some relaxed listening or background music for doing something. 8/10