Small Houses is the stage name of Michigander folk songwriter Jeremy Quentin. He writes sparse, earnest songs — mostly acoustic, mostly brilliant.

His second album, Still Talk; Second City is due on February 10th via The Cottage Recording Co.

RIYL: old-fashioned folk, TVZ, good music, songwriters who mean it

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And here’s a song from his first album, Exactly Where You Wanted to Be. If you haven’t heard it, then it’s probably one of the best songs you just now heard.

This is great, great stuff.