When Rolling Stone called Pete Yorn one of ten to watch in 2001, they knew what they were talking about.

He’s got the voice, the lyrics and the style to make an impression beyond his debut album, Music for the Morning After.

The first track on the CD, "Life on a Chain," has enough energy to set the tone for the entire CD. Yorn sings, "I was looking for the new thing, and you were the sunshine heading my front-line, I was alone, you were just around the corner from me."

The second track slows the tempo down a bit, but maintains the lyrical variety established early on. The song begins, "Read me the letter, baby, do not leave out the words. Stories and cigarettes ruined lives of lesser girls."

Yorn's voice is unique enough to be remembered, but in order to avoid being pigeonholed as an acoustic, whiny, love-scorned musician, he needs to delve into other subject matter on his next release.

Of Music for the Morning After, Yorn said, "It's always a love song. But the ones I write now are about how to get out of a relationship and how to get over it."

"Murray," which describes a man who "lost his mind from the TV" is one of the best tracks on the CD. The song's tempo slows down in the middle, and Yorn coons, "And we both know, that people change when truth's not part of their lives, I've seen the love in their eyes, don't say goodbye."

Yorn began his career in New Jersey and wrote the music for Me, Myself and Irene, which was released last year.

— Reviewed by Kelly Mulligan