Pete Yorn

Artist Description

Peter Yorn is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist who first gained international recognition when his music, including the song Strange Condition, appeared in the 2000 film Me, Myself & Irene. Yorn also wrote the film's score.

After experiencing this taste of success, Yorn released his 2001 LP debut, entitled musicforthemorningafter, which went gold on the strength of the album's lead single, Life on a Chain. Rolling Stone Magazine named Yorn one of Ten [artists] to Watch in 2001 and gave the album a favorable four-star rating. Yorn went on to release the 2003 album Day I Forgot which has sold over 300,000 copies to date and scored a third radio hit with the song Come Back Home. In 2006, Yorn released his third album, Nightcrawler which he premiered at Joe's Pub!

According to several sources, Yorn has been writing and recording a respectable amount of new material to be released in 2009; namely two new records. The producers are Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes) and Frank Black (from the Pixies). Two new songs have been released for download on various fan pages that are expected to be included on the new albums: Sans Fear and Shotgun, respectively.

Pete has announced that his Mike Mogis-produced album, entitled Back and Fourth, will be released through Columbia Records on June 23rd, 2009.