Just as he promised, guitarist John Mayer has been releasing songs from his new album, The Search For Everything, at a pace of four per month. After gracing fans with four songs in January, Mayer has doubled the length of the album with four additional releases.
Fans can now stream “Still Feel Like Your Man,” “Emoji of a Wave,” “Helpless,” and “Roll it on Home” from Mayer’s new album! Check it out in the Spotify player below.
“It’s beyond a break-up record,” John Mayer told Rolling Stone. “It’s about my impression of loss. It’s about the ghost in the room. Proudly, it is, as my therapist says, a study into the metaphysics of absent love.” He continues, “I actually, for the first time in my life, believe I recorded exactly what I was feeling,” describing his 2014 break-up with Katy Perry. “It was the only time in my life that sadness was like a lucid dream, like, ‘Oh, I’m here. I got no business trying to get out of this, because it won’t work.’ It was like learning to live in the wilderness.”
About the new track “Still Feel Like Your Man,” he explains: “This is my little engine that could” because “the title itself had lyrics blowing out of it from every corner.” For this tune, the lyrics came first and the music after – his favorite being “I still keep your shampoo in the shower, in case you want to wash your hair.”
About the funkier “Helpless,” he goes on: “Pino is so inventive without trying that this track is his track. You get disco overtones but it’s all implied.” Mayer describes the tune as “wish fulfillment recording,” because “it straddles a lot of different vibes at once,” allowing him to go in any direction from playing the song.
“Emoji of a Wave” is “about sitting in a feeling.” He continues,”There are two levels to the song. One of them is the beautiful destination I go to whenever I hear it, which is Santa Barbara on a rainy, cold day. The other level is just about this part of life and love that my brain doesn’t understand: wanting to act to resolve a situation but knowing there’s no resolution.”
“Roll it on Home” is inspired by The Murray Bar in Livingston, Montana – “that’s the room I’ve always pictured this playing in.” He continues, “It’s like the singer in the jukebox is putting their arm around you, like, ‘You did not get what you wanted tonight. Tomorrow’s another chance.'” H notes, “It’s supposed to be like a worn-in pair of jeans. It reminds me of JJ Cale or Eric Clapton, and those unsung great records like Clapton’s ‘Promises,’ which sounds like it’s performed in a reclining chair, with a cigarette burning in the headstock of the guitar.” Read more about the four new tracks here.
Later in the day, he announced 32 new dates in North America. See below for full schedule:
John Mayer Tour Dates
March 31 – Albany, NY @ Times Union Center
April 1 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
April 3 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
April 5 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
April 6 – Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
April 7 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
April 9 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
April 11 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
April 12 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center
April 14 – Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
April 15 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
April 17 – Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
April 19 – Vancouver, BC @ Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
April 21 – Inglewood, CA @ The Forum
April 22 – Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena
MAY 3 – Ziggo Dome – Amsterdam, Netherlands
MAY 5 – Jyske Bank Boxen – Herning, Denmark
MAY 7 – Ericcson Globen Arena – Stockholm, Sweden
MAY 8 – Oslo Spektrum Arena – Oslo, Norway
MAY 9 – Royal Arena – Copenhagen, Denmark
MAY 12 – The 02 arena, London – London, United Kingdom
July 18 – Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheater
July 19 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
July 21 – Quincy, WA @ Gorge Amphitheatre
July 22 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center
July 25 – Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center
July 27 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
July 29 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 30 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum
August 1 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Arena
August 3 – San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
August 5 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
August 6 – Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
August 8 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
August 9 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center
August 10 – Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood Amphitheatre
August 12 – Fort Lauderdale, FL @ BB&T Center
August 13 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
August 15 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
August 16 – Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park
August 18 – Camden, NJ @ BB&T Pavilion
August 19 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
August 20 – Hartford, CT @ XFINITY Theatre
August 22 – Syracuse, NY @ Lakeview Amphitheater
August 23 – Wantagh, NY @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
August 25 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live
August 26 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
August 27 – Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake Amphitheater
August 29 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
August 30 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
September 1 – Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
September 2 – Tinley Park, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
September 3 – Noblesville, IN @ Klipsch Music Center