I have been a Pete Yorn fan ever since he released musicforthemorningafter about 8 years ago.  I have enjoyed his subsequent albums, but nothing has really taken hold of me since the first release.  Till Now.

Yorn just released “The Break Up”.  It is a duets album featuring Scarlett Johansson.  Wait, she can sing?  I didn’t know either.  She does a good job, too.

I can’t help but compare it to She & Him (Grungy songwriter teams up with hollywood starlette…) but they are pretty different.  First, Yorn’s and Johansson’s voices work better together.  The album is less stylized than She & Him, but I think its better produced.  There are a lot of layers in each song that carry over from one song to the next, making it a really nice complete experience.

So I recommend it.  And you know, my opinion means everything. So go buy it.

Here is a video from the first single of the album, Relator.