Blog: My Chemical Toilet

This site's esteemed illustrator, Mr Phil Martin , has been touting Mayer Hawthorne for many months now. While I thought "Just Ain't Gonna Work Out", the first track to emerge from his forthcoming album A Strange Arrangement , had pleasingly meaty, vintage soul-inspired production, the track didn't do a whole lot for me. I think the video adds a certain something though, partly due to the shock that the guy producing the sounds - and apparently he's a one-man operation - is a geeky white guy. A geeky white guy you're going to be [...]

• Mayer Hawthorne - One track mind