Pete Yorn

Add Date: June 30

Artist: Pete Yorn

Album: Back & Fourth

Label: Columbia

Genre: Folk, singer/songwriter, rock

Comments: For his fourth studio record, Back & Fourth, New Jersey native Pete Yorn worked with Bright Eyes' Mike Mogis, whose talent was enough to offset whatever meddling the severely overrated Rick Rubin might have done as executive producer. The music is nicely done, but to me, most of Yorn's stuff doesn't particularly stand out from the rest of the singer/songwriter crowd. However, I did like the upbeat rocker "Last Summer."