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| | Pete Yorn - PopMatters Concert Review |
 | | The 27-year-old Yorn is, along with Ryan Adams, the American male singer-songwriter flavor of the week, widely acclaimed for last year's musicforthemorningafter, his first released album, and hailed in an endless series of write-ups as the next something, next Jeff Buckley, next Jackson Browne, next (fellow New Jersey native) Bruce Springsteen. |
 | | Pete Yorn has a lot going for him musically: a knack for writing relationship-gone-wrong songs, multi-instrument prowess, a seductively world-weary singing voice, and an excellent choice of influences ranging from Pavement to Neil Young to The Cure. |
 | | My more hopeful answer is that Yorn is still young, wasn't completely prepared for the level of success he's achieved over the last year, and is still struggling to develop the public persona to match his more mature songwriting skills. |
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