Jason Mraz - Know. (2018) Hi Res

Jason Mraz fans will be excited to learn that the Geek in Pink has returned with a brand-new album, Yes! If you're expecting a curbside prophet whose tracks have clearly evolved since his early days, you'll be slightly disappointed. If you're happy with the mostly mellowed-out Mraz from days of yore, you'll be extremely happy. Don't get us wrong: Yes! is a lovely album. It's just not groundbreaking.

To be fair, Mraz knows exactly what he's doing and he does it well. So, why mess up a good thing? And there is a distinctly different quality to the album, as the entirely acoustic recording lends itself to being somehow more Mraz than he's been in a while.

Tracks like Mraz's new single, "Love Someone," contain just the Mraziness of which we speak. With mellow guitars and, dare we say, sitars, "Love Someone" feels like one of the most easygoing songs we've heard from Mraz in ages. If he didn't write this after one seriously intense yoga session, we'd be surprised. It's so pretty, we don't even mind the cliché big chorals in the background. We can even forgive the line "shiny stars all seem to congregate around your face." (It does sound a little like someone gave a teenage boy a thesaurus, though, right?) And, while it's clearly a love song for someone in particular, we appreciate the karmic idea that when you love someone, you get love in return.