Music Review

Back & Fourth (2009)

Pete Yorn

Reviewed by Chris Willman | Jun 17, 2009

Chris Willman

Chris Willman is a senior music writer for Entertainment Weekly

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EW's GRADE

B+

Details Release Date: Jun 23, 2009; Lead Performance: Pete Yorn; Genre: Rock

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But for a couple of moody rockers, Pete Yorn's Back & Fourth is largely acoustic, marrying '70s Cali folk-rock to the modern-day Nebraska sound (Bright Eyes collaborator Mike Mogis produced). That's the only marrying going on. With lines like ''I can never love you  like the way you love me,'' Yorn's nursing a case of dumper's   remorse, without being guilty or gleeful enough for real catharsis. But the beauty in these half-laments proves mixed feelings can be as haunting as concrete ones. B+

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Originally posted Jun 16, 2009 Published in issue #1053-1054 Jun 26, 2009 Order article reprints

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