Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson’s “Relator” Video ....

To Debut Exclusively On Yahoo Music Today....

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Break Up In Stores September 15 On Atco Records....

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LOS ANGELES  - Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson’s video for “Relator” will make its worldwide debut on Wednesday, August 13, exclusively on Yahoo Music at 10 p.m. PT (new.music.yahoo.com). “Relator” is the first single from their upcoming album Break Up. Slated for a September 15 release on Atco Records, an imprint of Rhino Entertainment, Break Up is a deeply emotive yet hook-filled duets album about a tempestuous relationship. For more information, visit www.thebreakupalbum.com....

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Break Up includes eight original compositions by Yorn, ranging in tone from the lilting “Relator” to the disarming, retro/futuristic “I Don’t Know What To Do” to the climactic “Someday.” Completing the collection is a powerful interpretation of the art-rock classic “I Am The Cosmos” by the late Chris Bell, co-founder of quintessential cult band Big Star. Produced by Sunny Levine, with Yorn and Max Goldblatt as executive producers, the album features contributions from guitarist Robert Francis; bassist Giuseppe Patane; and violinist Amir Yaghmai, with Goldblatt on banjo, synth bass and backing vocals, and Levine handling programming and mixing.

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PETE YORN & SCARLETT JOHANSSON DUET ON BREAK UP

Available September 8 On Atco Records

Free Stream Of "Relator" Now Available At www.thebreakupalbum.com

LOS ANGELES -- In 2006, critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Pete Yorn contacted actress and Atco recording artist Scarlett Johansson with the idea to record a duets album in the spirit of Serge Gainsbourg’s 1960s recordings with Brigitte Bardot. “I was having a strange week of insomnia and when I finally passed out, it came to me in a dream,” says Yorn. “I woke up and the whole thing was in my head, fully formed.” Johansson was intrigued by Yorn’s out-of-the-blue invitation. “It sounded like an interesting little adventure,” she explains. “The idea of two people vocalizing their relationship through duets.”

On September 8, Atco Records, an imprint of Rhino Entertainment, presents the resulting work, Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson BREAK UP, a deeply emotive yet hook-filled song cycle about a tempestuous relationship. The collection will be available at all retail outlets, including www.rhino.com.  A free stream of "Relator" is available now at www.thebreakupalbum.com and for purchase at all digital service providers for $.99 beginning May 26. Prior to the release of BREAK UP, Yorn will release his fourth studio album, Back and Fourth, on Columbia Records June 23.

BREAK UP includes eight original compositions by Yorn, ranging in tone from the lilting opener “Relator” to the disarming, retro/futuristic “I Don’t Know What to Do” to the climactic “Someday.” Completing the collection is a powerful interpretation of the art-rock classic “I Am The Cosmos” by the late Chris Bell, co-founder of quintessential cult band Big Star. Produced by Sunny Levine, with Yorn and Max Goldblatt as executive producers, the album features contributions from guitarist Robert Francis; bassist Giuseppe Patane; and violinist Amir Yaghmai, with Goldblatt on banjo, synth bass and backing vocals, and Levine handling programming and mixing.

Predating Johansson’s debut album, Anywhere I Lay My Head, by nearly two years; BREAK UP was conceived and recorded in 2006, in Levine’s garage studio. “I always thought of it as just a small project between friends,” explains Johansson. “I’ve loved the album ever since I heard it completed. It perfectly captured where I was in my life at the time.” Yorn was as protective of BREAK UP as a father of his daughter, playing it for no one until last year. When those close to him finally heard BREAK UP, the overwhelming response convinced Yorn that it was simply too strong a work to remain under lock and key.

BREAK UP
Track Listing

1. Relator
2. Wear And Tear
3. I Don’t Know What To Do
4. Search Your Heart
5. Blackie’s Dead
6. I Am The Cosmos
7. Shampoo
8. Clean
9. Someday

USA Today - Break Up Album

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By Edna Gundersen, USA TODAY

The melodic relationship arc of singer/songwriter Pete Yorn and actress Scarlett Johansson: They get together, sing a few love songs and break up.

It's not exactly tragic, since Break Up is a collection of duets the pair recorded with producer Sunny Levine. Yorn's eight original compositions and Big Star founder Chris Bell's I Am the Cosmos form a song cycle that chronicles a tempestuous affair.

The album, out Sept. 8 on Atco/Rhino, was inspired by Serge Gainsbourg's 1960s recordings with Brigitte Bardot, a concept that came to Yorn in a dream. He later reached out to Johansson, who sewed up her vocals in two afternoon sessions. A free stream of opening tune Relator is available at www.thebreakupalbum.com

In this iTunes exclusive, Scarlett Johansson showcases live performances of songs from her album Anywhere I Lay My Head, a compilation of Tom Waits covers. Johansson's style is murky and thick with atmosphere owing to the swells of organ and thick hum of amplification that are present throughout the release. There's a dark feeling to the music, one that owes inspiration to Waits' own material – the performances gravitate toward the sound of dislocated dream pop in which an essence is captured rather than individual sounds showcased. Going against the grain of the rest of the release is Johansson's cover of the Cure classic "Boys Don't Cry," as well as her capturing the near Julee Cruise-esque simplicity of "I Wish I Was in New Orleans."

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Tracklist

1.  Anywhere I Lay My Head (Live)

2.  Innocent When You Dream (Live)

3.  Falling Down (Live)

4.  I Wish I Was in New Orleans (Live)

5. Green Grass (Live)

6.  Who Are You (Live)

7.  Boys Don't Cry (Live)