I’m Still Waiting
NEW WEST
REISSUE OF THE MONTH
9/10
THE story of Acetone is one filled with dichotomies. One of promise and disappointment, calmness and noise, darkness and light, reverence and indifference, and of tender souls and hard drugs. Formed in 1992, comprising Richie Lee (bass, vocals), Mark Lightcap (guitar, vocals) and Steve Hadley (drums), the LA band were one of many swept up in the post-Nirvana gold rush and signed for a huge advance, only for them to later fade into a distant memory, a spectre of unfulfilled potential.
However, while their trajectory fitted into a familiar formula during an era when bands were signed impulsively and thrust into the limelight seemingly overnight, their music slotted less neatly intotouches of psychedelia, all wrapped up with a touch of sunshine-kissed dream pop and hypnotic, druggy grooves.
