Pete Yorn Releases 'Precious Stone' Single

Jim Wright

Pete Yorn has released the first single from his upcoming self-titled album. Titled 'Precious Stone,' the rollicking new song, which is part of an 11-song set produced by Pixies frontman Frank Black (aka Black Francis), can be had at Yorn's official website.

The track is in keeping with Black's comments on the project, which started last year. "Pete told me he wanted to better define himself as an artist," Black said in a release. "I think he just wanted to rock out. But as we headed down a path of realization I stripped him down a whole bunch. We battled in the best sort of way. I tried to get the session into a fearless and raw place."

The follow-up to Yorn's 2009 albums, 'Back & Fourth' and 'Break Up,' a collaborative album with Scarlett Johansson, marks the New Jersey-bred, L.A.-based singer-songwriter's first album for Vagrant Records after a decade of releases with Columbia. It's due out Sept. 28.

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