so you want to know about a couple of records you might not have heard of? no? well you will anyway. we are starting a new section here at sweet nothing that will run with predictable irregularity every 3rd week on a Monday (today will be the exception) unless that week i'm having a particularly lousy week in which case it will run every 4.5 weeks on a Thursday unless I'm too depressed in which case it may never run again, so stay tuned! we will call this section: "records to impress your friends with if they are the sort that cares and if you are the sort that cares".
these feature presentations will not necessarily be of hard to find or know records but it will veer towards the slightly unusual in a non-hipster kind of way. (expect phil collins all you belle & sebastianites). for full reviews with which you may or may not agree go to your local allmusic.com

our first feature record of the day is:



a folk mini-piece with a backing choir that works like a charm. think silver jews meets the supremes and then forget about that and go out and buy it. i was actually introduced to howie gelb through this:



a much more solitary affair and also worth getting.

our second album is this:

an apparent classic from 1973 (i wasn't aware of it till recently but maybe you are). in any case, it's british folk meets some weird noises that could have come from 1998 and i highly recommended it.

enjoy your loneliness.