Last we heard from him, John Mayer had joined the "Dead & Company" crew and was having the time of his life. This week, we got a taste of everything we know and love about John Mayer with his newest release "The Search For Everything" and it is everything we have hoped for. Nostalgic is an understatement with this release. Each song brings us back to another one of our favorite Mayer. Four great songs and the best part, it is only the start! Check out my review of each song, one by one!
1. Moving on and Getting Over
This song is one of those tasty jams from "Battle Studies" It's got one of the nicest grooves with Steve Jordan laying it down yet again. It's a great tune that shows where Mayer has gotten to in his musical explorations. Pino Palladino lays it down on the bass, making this the pocket tune of record.
2. Changing
The ballad of the EP, it really brings a great texture to it all. It shows John Mayer's innate ability to write a song we will never forget. The way he writes lyrics almost automatically make you feel a personal connection with them. This song makes me think most of "Heart of Life" (Knocked Up), which I had a similar relationship with. I could definitely see this making it to the big screen for another Judd Apatow-esque series.
3. Love on the Weekend
This song was released as a single a few months ago, helping to hype up this release and an upcoming tour planned this year. Whenever I hear this song, I try and think of the John Mayer song it sounds like but I realized, it sounds like a little bit of all his prior material, all jam packed into an awesome tune. I also really liked when he coined the term "serotonin overflow" in this song. It made me thing of all the different things that could mean. I see it as a big emotional release that he has with this person and barely sees, but has that deeper connection with. Heavy stuff Johnny.
4.You're Gonna Live Forever In Me
Immediately when you hear this, the first thought is Randy Newman ("You Got A Friend In Me"). It is clear that was his biggest influence on this song and I think he does it perfectly. The opening line does it for me.
"A great big bang and dinosaurs, fiery red meteors"
I love how he can get so connected to people with emotional messages and then have a song like this that makes me think his songs are fun and make me feel like a kid again.
Like I said before, this record is only the start. With this being part one, we can expect at least two more releases, hopefully this year! This first release was amazing though and I'm happy John is using a new angle with his records. Mayer said on twitter,
"“My heart’s racing. These songs represent literally hundreds of hours of living inside of these little worlds. And more to come "
"The Search for Everything- Wave One" is such a fitting name because it has us all searching in our selves, remembering days before life got crazy and how we want to find that feeling again and again.
