Pete Yorn has been surprisingly prolific of late. Consider that it was three years between his sophomore outing, 2003’s Day I Forgot, and 2006’s bracingly eclectic Nightcrawler, the latter largely restoring the potential of his brazenly accomplished out-of-nowhere debut, 2001’s Musicforthemorningafter. Another three years between releases, and Montville, N.J.’s favorite boho chick magnet suddenly had a lot more to say. Last year saw the release of Back & Fourth, followed by Break Up, a wispy collaboration with Scarlett Johansson inspired by Serge Gainsbourg’s duets with Brigitte Bardot. Now Yorn has ditched his smokin’-hot muse for Frank Black, who encouraged the confessed perfectionist and overdub junky to strip away the studio varnish and rawk out for the new Pete Yorn (Vagrant). Yorn will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our Q&A with him.
Yorn: I talked about exploring cities when I’m on tour, and one of my favorite thrills when traveling is revisiting favorite restaurants. Some of them are fancy (like Spinasse in Seattle), but one of my most beloved is just a classic down-home joint. It’s Dreamland BBQ. The original was in Tuscaloosa, Ala., but I try to hit up the one in Birmingham whenever I’m playing in town. Everything’s good, but I personally think the ribs are the way to go. They always give you plenty of white bread for sauce-sopping. There’s the usual bunch of sides also (potato salad, coleslaw, beans), but I try to save room for the banana pudding, which is the finest I’ve ever had.
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