4.23.12 - New Music - John Mayer
I have been an enormous John Mayer fan since the beginning (his debut ‘Room For Squares’ is one of my favorite – if not my actual favorite – album ever). I don’t care much about what he does personally, but I absolutely love everything he puts out musically. His last album was my least favorite, and even John himself has admitted that the album, ‘Battle Studies’, wasn’t his best work.
For his fifth album (entitled ‘Born and Raised’), it seems that Mayer is taking some time and some risks, as he is moving a bit more away from the pop and more into country territory. His collaboration (and rumored relationship) with Taylor Swift is clearly having an impact on his music. I know this isn’t a country or rock blog, but Mayer is a pop artist through and through, and while his songs may be a bit twangier than they previously were, that doesn’t mean that I am going to sit around and NOT write about him. ‘Born and Raised’s lead single seems like good things are to come. The single shows us that Mayer hasn’t lost his easy-going but meaningful touch, nor his ability to bring unique and introspective sensibilities to pop in many different forms. |
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