In my books Hawksley Workman is a legend. Fantastic music and great voice, and I am pissed that when I was living in Petawawa and Borden in the late 1990s I could have seen him when he was starting out!
He's just trying something different - he makes whatever music he wants, about absolutely anything! (like Baby Mosquitos :P) I'm certain we'll hear more of his old style of music, though I still like this new stuff too :)
If you're whining about how Hawksley changed irreparably from the passionate, hilarious, soulful man you once knew, you clearly haven't been to one of his shows recently. He still kicks ass, he just has more songs.
Different once again. All you people disappointed. Just wait a few months. Youll get yet another kind of song from HW. Ever changing!!! Don't have to like it all :-)