Music Review: Mayer Hawthorne "A Strange Arrangement"

 

Mayer Hawthorne

A Strange Arrangement

BAD ASS

You could call vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Mayer Hawthorne’s music neo- or retro-soul – the sound on A Strange Arrangement is ‘60s silky smooth but fresh as Dee-troit morning dew. Hawthorne combines soul sensibility with a Jens Lekman-like attention to detail, especially on the effervescent heartbreaker “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out,” and poppy, jaunty “One Track Mind.” An excellent addition to your Motown-centric catalogue. –Alexandra Jones