John Mayer - Shadow Days Music Video

The official music video for John Mayer's Shadow Days was released today.  I feel it is an honest reflection of the song - the images and overall direction of the video work well with the lyrics and instrumentation.  I have found some of Mayer's previous videos to be forced and unnatural in places, but he genuinely seems to be in his element in Shadow Days.  I like it almost as much as the Clarity video.

Counting down the days to Born and Raised!

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