Sob Rock

Sob Rock is John Mayer's eighth studio album, released July 16th, 2021.

Click the titles below to read what John has said about each song.

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Sob Rock

5/13/2021

Sob Rock Anticipation Instagram Story

Text From @johnmayer’s Instagram Story

I’ll put it like this: every day you have to go without my new music is another day I can work harder to make sure it gets heard by as many people as might enjoy it.

6/1/2021

Article from The Wall Street Journal

"Why John Mayer Teased His New Single, ‘Last Train Home,’ on TikTok"

“As a musician and a songwriter, he’s as good as anybody at finding something that’s going on in his emotional inner life and expressing it eloquently.”

6/1/2021

Sob Rock Zine Volume 1

Introductory note printed in Sob Rock Zine Volume 1

All you have to do is say ‘I’m thinking of calling it SOB ROCK’ and just wait for a facial expression or a vocal inflection that you don’t like.

7/6/2021

The Blackbird Spyplane Interview

What’s up with John Mayer??

That’s been my hope: ‘Can you grind the influences into a fine enough dust that you can make a new paste out of it?’

7/9/2021

Article published on Guitar.com

JOHN MAYER CONFIRMS ROXY PINK EDITION OF HIS PRS SILVER SKY SIGNATURE ELECTRIC

John Mayer has confirmed a Roxy Pink edition of his PRS Silver Sky signature electric.

7/16/2021

Sob Rock album release stream

Via Clubhouse app

So too as an adult do you go, Look I'm gonna be fine. I know how to do this. I just don't want to.

8/10/2021

Guitar World - October 2021

Interview from October 2021 Issue of Guitar World magazine

So where a lot of people would think that the Eighties was all really goofy and neon-colored, well, to me, there was a lot of earnestness. The Eighties gave us Peter Gabriel. That's some of the coolest stuff in the world, you know?

8/20/2021

Sob Rock Zine Volume 2

Introductory note printed in Sob Rock Zine Volume 2

Well... 'Sob Rock' is out. And because of you, it's feeling alive, and vital, and special.

12/9/2021

Podcast interview with Aaron Sterling

Talking about recording Sob Rock on Drum Candy

But it's hard to explain his process. You're just whittling away for a year.

9/2/2013

Interview on Studio Q

Aired on CBC Radio One, hosted by Jian Ghomeshi

Maybe my next record is, uh club cuts with a “z”, and two “k’s”. “Klub Kutz.”

Excerpted from Interview on Studio Q >

6/11/2021

Podcast Interview with Bill Kreutzmann

Comes a Time Podcast

I think the record is great and it's going to piss off some Dead Heads because it is not Grateful Dead-inspired music, through and through. It is incredibly pop, man. It's [a] very pop record, so we will see. I enjoy the wavelengths beating up against one another.

Excerpted from Podcast Interview with Bill Kreutzmann >

8/31/2021

Instagram Story Q&A (August 2021)

Questions from various fans

Q: Did you draw inspiration from specific guitarists for the new album? ❤️❤️❤️

A: Yes! I kind of looked at myself as my own album's "studio musician." So I thought a lot about the greats like @stevelukatherofficial and @brentmason.official whose signature guitar I used quite a bit in the recordings.

Excerpted from Instagram Story Q&A (August 2021) >

Q: Where on Sob Rock do you see Don Was's hand the most clearly?

A: @donwas goes under and through the entire album; he's the one who lets me go into the unknown and keeps this sage, watchful eye. He'll ask me what I'm going for, let me go looking, then with just a couple of sentences, lead me closer to the mark if I need it. Without him, I'd probably get lost and throw things.

Excerpted from Instagram Story Q&A (August 2021) >