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Mayer Hawthorne: Where Does This Door Go
(Universal)
Reviewed By
- Simone Keenan
If you liked Mayer Hawthorne’s last album, How Do You Do (2011), you’re definitely in for something different on his latest full-length effort.
Gone are the days of homages to the great Motown classics and the retro-soul sound of the ‘60s – it’s in with the ‘70s funk (check out Reach Out Richard – produced by Pharrell Williams) and an extra dose of heavy bass and hip hop (Her Favourite Song). Injecting even a little bit of ‘90s R&B (The Only One), Where Does This Door Go features not only guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar but also the likes of John Hill (P!nk, Santigold), Jack Splash (John Legend) and Greg Wells (Adele, Ozzy Osbourne) on production duties, meaning that (for the first time) Hawthorne himself gives the knob-twiddling a miss on this release.
It’s not what you’d expect but it’s still worthy of a listen.
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