Midwest crooner Mayer Hawthorne has given out a free EP titled Impressions.

Hawthorne hails from Ann Arbor, just outside Detroit (though he now resides in California), and released an acclaimed debut album in 2009 on Stones Throw, A Strange Arrangement. It’s Stones Throw who have released this new EP, albeit through their website, and it consists of six cover versions by Mayer, either solo or with his band The Country.

You can read FACT’s interview with Hawthorne, from 2009, here.

Download: Mayer Hawthorne – Impressions

Tracklist:
1. Work to Do (with The Country) [Isley Brothers]
2. Don’t Turn the Lights on [Chromeo]
3. You’ve got the Makings of a Lover [The Festivals]
4. Fantasy Girl [Steve Salazer]
5. Little Person [Jon Brion]
6. Mr. Blue Sky (with The Country – live in Belgium) [ELO]