 Label: Columbia
Sound/Style: deft fusion of groove-oriented pop, rock and R&B
On John Mayer’s solo debut, he sang a now familiar line about wanting to run through the halls of his high school and scream at the top of his lungs. In the scant five years that have passed between that disc and his third and latest solo release, the 29-year-old musician has not only graduated from scrappy newcomer status, but is well on his way to an accelerated doctorate in popular music-making with an emphasis in thwarting—as well as exceeding—expectations. Mayer, an unusually astute and intelligent rock artist who moonlights as a writer for Esquire, has shrewdly outsmarted any attempts to straitjacket him into a predictable marketing plan. His last album, billed as The John Mayer Trio, was a deliberate departure into blues territory that proved Mayer is no mere pop commodity. On the aptly named Continuum, he eases back toward a stylistic center point, meshing his blues, rock and pop sub-personas into a well-rounded collection of personal and groove-heavy tunes.
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