John Mayer Sets Up His Own Label, Sob Rock Records, in Partnership With Mercury to Release First New Solo Music in Five Years

John Mayer has had his hands full with what felt like a hundred projects over the past few years — with putting out new music not among them. It takes a stretch of the memory to even recall that he announced a parting of ways with Sony Music back in 2022, with no followup revelation […] John Mayer is releasing new studio solo music for the first time in five years as he sets up his own imprint, Sob Rock Records, with Mercury. John Mayer has had his hands full with what felt like a hundred projects over the past few years — with putting out new music not among them.

It takes a stretch of the memory to even recall that he announced a parting of ways with Sony Music back in 2022, with no followup revelation about where, if anywhere, he planned to go next . Now, after hinting at the beginning of this year that new studio recordings were afoot, he’s finally publicly kicking the recording artist part of his career back into gear. Mayer and associates announced Thursday that he has started up his own label, Sob Rock Records — which shares the name of the last album he put out for Sony,