Kevin Canfield hates Pete Yorn in Salon. Well, he hates that Pete Yorn and/or his handlers are fashioning him as an heir to Bruce Springsteen, mainly because Yorn's latest album is pretty bad. But Gothamist finds it interesting that Canfield also fails to mention another possible reason why Yorn is being so heavily promoted - his brother is Hollywood agent, Rick Yorn, aka agent to DiCap and Cameron D, aka the agent Mike Ovitz took a shine to and started AMG with.
I personally admit to finding Peter Yorn pretty cute - he's cute in a Demetri Martin way - even if his music is suspect. I actually love the song, "For Nancy/'Cos It Already is" from his first album, musicforthemorningafter because it totally rocks out and is perfect to run to (even without the video suggesting it):
And when you said I could not stay with you, thats not the way you would have wanted to be, convince yourself that everything is alright, cos it already is. Dont sell your heart and break just anyone, I want to run with you through moorland fields, convince yourself that everything is alright cos it already is, so take your lessons hard and stay with him and when your car crash comes dont be mislead, convince yourself that everything is alright cos it already is, yeah it already is, so take your lessons hard and stay with him and when your car crash comes dont be mislead, convince yourself that everything is alright cos it already is, yeah it already is, so take him home.
However, one song a career does not make, even for a pretty boy. Pete Yorn's official site.
