Name: A Strange Arrangement
Brand: Mayer Hawthorne

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2009-11-09

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Artist

Mayer Hawthorne

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Pias

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R&B / Neo-Soul

Raised by hippie parents in Ann Arbor, Michigan, smack between the Hash Bash and the car factories - Hawthorne's old man taught him to play bass guitar at age five. He would play records in the house all while Mayer was growing up. He put him up on game. He’d say, “You hear him singing there? That’s David Ruffin.” Or, “You hear that guitar solo? That’s Stephen Stills.” And young Hawthorne would sit there, with his bowl of cereal, soaking it up.

Hawthorne has released four full-length albums over the last decade, handling the lion’s share of production across this vast catalog. He also played damn near every instrument on every album and penned every song. His writing pulls from his life and observations; his heartache and joy. It’s the soundtrack to long relationships and tough breakups. His newest collection, Rare Changes, further solidifies *Mayer's* signature groove. Whether you’re shopping for groceries, on a dinner date, on the dancefloor or in the bedroom,*Mayer's* music is the mood. The range is undeniable.

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The new album by Maxine Funke divides into two halves - the first side is a perfect suite of the kind of beautifully constructed songs that the New Zealand-based artist has become known for, acutely observed vignettes framing her voice with a minimal backing of guitar and organ. The second side takes off on a different flight entirely: two dreamy long form pieces built on a framework of cello, field recordings and delay, closer to Arthur Russell or the music on Brian Eno’s Obscure label than the more folky references that often get applied to Maxine’s music.

A Strange Arrangement

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