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Scarlett Johansson learns to relate with the help of Pete Yorn
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The album cover for Yorn and Johansson's collaboration.
Pete Yorn is a critically claimed and highly successful solo artist who has been active in the music industry for almost a decade. However, after dreaming of recording a duet album in 2006, Yorn contacted actress Scarlett Johansson who, while a singer at heart, had yet to venture into music. Taking a leap of faith, the two came together to record an album which has only just now come to light three years after the fact.
The album, cheekily titled Break Up, is an indie pop album in the classic style of the many famous twentieth century duets, including those recorded by Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot in the 1960s. The album features nine tracks recorded very simply in the garage studio of producer Sunny Levine. Eight of the songs are written by Yorn and the album is rounded out by one cover, "I Am the Cosmos," written by the late Chris Bell of Big Star.
The duo released the album's first single "Relator" in May. While the release may seem unconventionally early, it has served to build an enormous amount of anticipation through out the music industry. Coming after the release of Johansson's solo effort, Anywhere I Lay My Head, a 2008 album of Tom Waits cover songs, Break Up shows how versatile the actress truly is as a singer.
The album will be out on Rhino Records September 8 and "Relator" is currently available for download for 99 cents at various online music distributors and can also be streamed for free on TheBreakUpAlbum.com.
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