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- Summary: Andrew Cohen, the Michigan-born singer-songwriter, releases his debut album.
- Record Label: Stones Throw
- Genre(s): R&B, Soul
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Top Track
| Green Eyed Love | |
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| My love, my green eyed love We'll watch the clouds from above C'mon, lift me up My love, my velvet rope Take me away from it all When I feel i can't... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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It's all really quite astounding. Neo-soul. Yep. That's what this is. And it's damn good. Soul, neo or not, is soul, and this guy has it.
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MojoThe pop-soul of Hawthorne's A Strange Arrabgement sounds and feels genuinely convincing. [Oct 2009, p.100]
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At worst, A Strange Arrangement has a couple lulls; at best, it’s one of the most enjoyable records of the summer. Highly recommended.
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With his thin but sweet croon, Mayer Hawthorne floats over the ballads, but the two best tunes are uptempo.
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By layering his naive vocals and harmonizing with himself, he conjures a forceful richness, but when it’s just his unadorned voice, aching its way through a melody with audible strain--say, at the top of 'Shiny & New,' where he slithers in and out of the correct pitch as if drunk--his structure begins to collapse.
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Under The RadarHawthorne's incorporation of the odd breakbeat upgrades his brand of soul into the present time--without turning it into Neo-soul. [Fall 2009, p.58]
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UncutPuny production and fey, knowing, songwriting provide little to hook the attention. [Nov 2009, p.88]
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