Pete Yorn

His hungry, heartfelt 2001 debut,Musicforthemorningafter, had some comparing singer-songwriter Pete Yorn to Bruce Springsteen. A string of increasingly rote albums afterward drew an even more damning analogy: a poor man’s Ryan Adams—talented, prolific, and given to experimental curveballs, but ultimately lacking much personality. Break Up, his Brigitte Bardot/Serge Gainsbourg-inspired duet album with Scarlett Johansson, along with his 2010 self-titled Frank Black collaboration, necessitate a total re-evaluation of Yorn, an artist with many more faces yet to be revealed.  

Updated 02/09/2011