Pete Yorn (born July 27, 1974) is an American Singer-Songwriter hailing from New Jersey. He gained prominence with his critically acclaimed debut album musicforthemorningafter, which contained the hits "Life on a Chain" and "Strange Condition".
Discography
- 2001 - musicforthemorningafter
- 2003 - Day I Forgot
- 2006 - Nightcrawler
- 2009 - Back & Fourth
- 2009 - Break Up (with Scarlett Johansson)
- 2010 - Pete Yorn
- 2016 - ArrangingTime
- 2019 - Caretakers
- 2021 - Pete Yorn Sings the Classics
- 2022 - Hawaii
Tropes
- Cover Version: Quite a few.
- Possibly the most well known example from him is the cover of Buzzcocks' "Ever Fallen in Love" made for the 2004 animated movie Shrek 2.
- His 2021 cover album Pete Yorn Sings the Classics, which is basically Exactly What It Says on the Tin, with covers from songs by the Pixies, Bob Dylan, Diana Ross, The Beach Boys and The Stone Roses, among a few others.
- Deliberately Monochrome: the album covers musicforthemorningafter, Day I Forgot, Nightcrawler, his self-titled album, Caretakers, and his live albums; Live From New Jersey, Live at KCRW and Live at the Troubadour. musicforthemorningafter and Day I Forgot are mixed examples due to coloured text in their album cover.
- Music video-wise, the ones for "Someday, Someday" and "I Wanna Be the One".
- Either/Or Title: "For Nancy ('Cos It Already Is)", "Carlos (Don't Let It Go to Your Head)" and "Idols (We Don't Ever Have to Say Goodbye)".
- Face on the Cover: All of his albums qualify, with the exception of his self-titled album, Caretakers and Hawaii.
- Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: The first three albums have references to a time of the day in their titles.
- Location Song: "Halifax".
- Longest Song Goes Last: A weird example with "So Much Work" from Day I Forgot, in which clocks at 4:47, barely closer to the five minute mark but still longer than anything on the rest of the album.
- Ms. Fanservice: Model Charlotte McKinney in the music video for "I'm Not the One".
- One-Man Song: "Murray", "Carlos (Don't Let It Go to Your Head)".
- One-Woman Song: "For Nancy ('Cos It Already Is)" and "Miss Alien".
- Pop-Star Composer: A weird example, just prior to the release of his debut album, Yorn composed the score for the Farrelly Brothers movie Me, Myself & Irene with Lee Scott.
- Portmantitle: musicforthemorningafter and ArrangingTime
- Soprano and Gravel: Yorn and Johansson in the collaborative album Break Up.
- Title-Only Chorus: "'Cos it already is!"
- Vocal Evolution: Yorn's voice has gotten deeper over the years, and has become less prone to singing nasally.
- Yarling: Pretty frequent in early albums, especially in the debut.
