'Sob Rock' review: John Mayer sounds as good as ever


By AGENCY

With 'Sob Rock', John Mayer sought to update the sounds of his childhood to the present day.

John Mayer didn't want to create a 'costume' record, he said in a recent interview with the newsletter Blackbird Spyplane.

With Sob Rock, Mayer said, he sought to update the sounds of his childhood — he mentions U2, Lionel Richie, Paula Abdul and other late-'80′s stalwarts — to the present day, a reupholstering of sorts. What he hoped to do, he says, was to grind the influences into a fine enough dust that you can make a new paste out of it.

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His music is still a wonderland

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