ARTIST: Pete Yorn
TITLE: Nightcrawler
LABEL: Red Ink/Columbia
GENRE: Rock
BITRATE: 218kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 51min total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-08-29
RIP DATE: 2006-08-22
Track List
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01. Vampyre 3:08
02. For Us 3:32
03. Undercover 3:56
04. Policies 3:40
05. The Man 3:24
06. Maybe I'm Right 3:39
07. Same Thing 3:45
08. Alive 3:46
09. Splendid Isolation 3:46
10. Broken Bottle 3:40
11. How Do You Go On? 3:35
12. Ice Age 5:13
13. Georgie Boy 3:18
14. Bandstand In The Sky 3:09
Release Notes:
While recording his third and potentially final album, Pete Yorn found
inspiration in Elvis Presley, David Bowie and ... Tupac?
"I had seen this Tupuc documentary, and he just kept recording like he
felt like he might die," Yorn recalled. "I don't know if I felt that
way, but I felt like staying in the studio and recording as much as I
can. And I just kept writing and writing."
After three years, Yorn finally emerged with a rock album and a
gospel-flavored EP. "I got heavy into Elvis' later gospel phase and I
discovered Roy Orbison in a major way, some of the more obscure stuff
he was doing," Yorn said of the EP, titled Western.
For the more rocking material, Yorn cited Bowie's experimental Low as
a major influence. "I like the drum sounds from that a lot," he said
of the 1976 album. "This record rocks, though. Dave Grohl plays drums
on one song and I put that harmonizer all over them. The record
definitely has its mellow moments, but it's upbeat."
Both records also feature Dixie Chicks, "Farmer" Dave Scher from
Beachwood Sparks and legendary keyboardist Leon Russell. "There are a
couple songs I wrote with friends, which was something I'd never done
before," Yorn added.
Yorn considers the LP, Nightcrawler, to be the third installment in a
trilogy that includes his debut musicforthemorningafter and 2003's Day
I Forgot. "When you hear it, you'll understand," he said. "This could
be the last one. I could be three records and out in this form. I
might start a band and see where that takes me."
Yorn's not the kind of songwriter to spell out messages in his
material ù "I don't even know what they're about until five years
later, I'll be onstage singing it and something's going on in my life
and I'm like, 'Wow, I get it,' " ù but he said this batch of songs
definitely come from a specific place.
"A lot of relationship stuff, a lot of shit has happened in my
immediate family and friends and I put that in and tried to make happy
endings from them," he explained, without elaborating. "Most people
might see them as dark and negative, but I know there's a glimmer of
hope at the end of each song. It's important for people to know it's a
hopeful record.
"Some of it might go over people's heads, but I know it's the right
thing," he added. "I spent a lot of sleepless nights making it."
Nightcrawler is due in stores on August 29, while Western will be
available exclusively on Yorn's summer tour, which kicks off on June 22
in Santa Barbara, California, and wraps up August 12 at the Stone Pony
in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Dubbed the You & Me Acoustic Tour, the trek
will be Yorn's first playing solo since he was signed in 2000.
"I saw Bruce [Springsteen] at the Pantages do his one-man show and that
really inspired me," Yorn said of the Boss' recent Los Angeles gig. "So
I'm presenting the songs in their most primitive form, but at the same
time, I'm bringing a bunch of friends with me who I've been known to
play with in the past, so at any time the shows could transform to a
rock show. I'm not going to have any set list, just do what I feel and
take requests and connect with the fans."
Yorn's film-school-graduate cousin will also be traveling on the tour,
shooting footage for videos and a possible DVD.
"My favorite thing has always been the super-sweaty nights in the small
clubs where everybody's right next to you," Yorn said. "That's the most
inspiring thing for me and where I'm happy."