John Mayer has announced that his new album Sob Rock is set to be released on July 16th. The singer-songwriter on Tuesday took over his social media to make the announcement.
Sob Rock. July 16. pic.twitter.com/Hhn2sO9KRY
— John Mayer (@JohnMayer) June 1, 2021
Earlier this week, John Mayer has also shared plans to release something on Friday, June 4th. As reported by the WJS, the single ‘ Last Train Home’ will be released on Friday, and it appears that the track has been teased on TikTok in March.
Friday pic.twitter.com/eAo1YRnkCK
— John Mayer (@JohnMayer) June 1, 2021
@johnmayerPlease enjoy more new music ##guitar ##guitartok ##music ##newmusic
‘Last Train Home’ seems to be a juxtaposition of lush chording and breezy cadences while singing about an anguished relationship – “If you wanna use me, then you gotta use me ’til I’m gone”.
During the pandemic, John Mayer has joined – and enjoyed – TikTok. On the platform, over the months, he shared his music experiments with his 1.2 million followers. Speaking with the WSJ, Mayer revealed that he spent the pandemic experimenting online and looking for comfort. When he wrote the songs for the upcoming album “Sob Rock,” he asked himself, ‘What music makes me feel like everything’s going to be OK?’. “And it’s the music I listened to growing up in the ‘80s. There’s a security-blanket aspect about that sound that reminds me of a safer time.” In a nutshell, Sob Rock is a record “made to bring comfort.”
As part of the campaign, the website sobrock.net was revealed on May 29th in a tweet from Mayer himself, alongside the Sob Rock Twitter emoji.
What is #SobRock? https://t.co/fUjfj1KMd6 pic.twitter.com/Dcqbs6QAII
— John Mayer (@JohnMayer) May 28, 2021
Sob Rock is John Mayer’s first studio album since 2017’s “The Search For Everything” and his eighth studio album overall.
