Toro y Moi and The Mattson 2 Get Groovy with New Cover of "Ordinary Guy"
- Tucker Cargile
- Jun 24, 2020
- 2 min read
"Ordinary Guy": Indie/Chillwave
Chaz Bear, better known as Toro y Moi is always cool, calm, and collected. That has not changed with his newest release "Ordinary Guy", as he expands on his continued success in 2020. Earlier this year the singer/songwriter dropped an absolute bop, "The Difference" with Flume, and helped get us through the quarantine. Now the chillwave artist decided to team up with alt-indie group The Mattson 2, to give us a not so ordinary cover of Joe Bataan's 1973 single "Ordinary Guy". Upon releasing the new single Chaz said:
“I’m super excited to announce this release. It’s a cover of a song by a fellow Afro-Filipino, Joe Bataan. His music first caught my ear back in 2009 when Ryan Kattner of Man Man played it for me. I was immediately hooked by Joe’s music because, to me, he represented the impossible–he felt so comfortable in his skin and he had so much confidence and appeal. I had the pleasure of meeting Joe at an incredible dinner with friends at Jeepney, a Filipino restaurant in New York City. Joe was at the center of the table, talking to us like we were family. I played Joe the cover that night through the restaurant stereo and he was so happy to hear that his music stood the test of time and reached me. Now, 45 years after the original song hit the airwaves, I’m honored to bring this song to new ears. Thank you for your support.”
This song has been on repeat for days, although the best part about the new cover is that all of the proceeds will go to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Additionally, Toro y Moi announced that he will be releasing an instrumental version of his debut album "Causers of This", which may be the chillwave sound that some of us need right now.
Listen now:
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