Album: Mayer Hawthorne, How Do You Do (Universal Republic)

Monday 24 October 2011 23:03 BST

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Michigan-born Hawthorne (real name: Andrew Mayer Cohen) made a great auteurist debut for Stones Throw, A Strange Arrangement, whose delicious retro-soul came mixed with an exquisite sadness that suggested Brian Wilson.

His major-label follow-up wisely keeps the retro aesthetic, starting with a striking Stylistics homage, "Get To Know You", though worryingly the influences now appear to include ELO as well as Hall & Oates. Stick with the soul, son.

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