Last week I downloaded Lou Rhodes’ new album ‘One Good Thing’ from iTunes. I loved her first album, not so much the second, but this one is definitely my favourite. It’s a return to the sparesness of the first, with more depth. I’m head over heels in love with it.
I like Lou Rhodes, yes I do. She is a person I’d love as a friend. She is a Buddhist who lives in the countryside in England. This album was informed by the suicide of her sister, and the breakdown of a serious long-term long-distance relationship. It is beautiful, it is gentle, and it is deeply touching.
Here she is doing an Elliot Smith cover…
On a totally trivial note, the local newsagency is a dangerous place to go. It is stuffed with gifts, and lovely, classy ones they are too, including gorgeous writing stationery, storage boxes and all manner of things that I drool over. I went in there today to buy my father a birthday present. I came out with only a Charles Rennie Mackintosh (art nouveau) inspired metal bookmark. I did very well 🙂