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Photo by Johan Bergmark

It's been a crazy busy year for Peter Bjorn and John, yet somehow the peanut in PB&J, Peter Morén, has found time to ditch the butter and jelly and put together a solo album. Salty!

As previously reported, Morén will give NYC audiences a taste of his solo self at Joe's Pub on November 19. Since that report, more details on Peter's opus have come to light-- not to mention that swank photograph up there-- so turn down "Young Folks" for a sec and tune in.

The Last Tycoon, as the album's known for the moment (title subject to change), finds Mr. Morén in home-recording mode-- honing his craft in apartments and rehearsal spaces, and calling in some friends when he'd reached the limits of his own musical prowess (pals played vibraphone and musical saw, for instance). Collaborators include Concretes guitar-slinger Daniel Värjö, singer-songwriter Tobias Fröberg, and string arranger Leo Svensson (of the Tiny).

Morén's still mixing the LP-- which draws inspiration from F. Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished final novel The Love of the Last Tycoon and On the Waterfront director Elia Kazan's filmic adaptation The Last Tycoon-- and he's yet to find a label for it. He did, however, part with some of the song titles. If you're feeling saucy at Joe's later this month, go ahead and request "Social Competence", "This Is What I Came For", "Le Petite Coeur", and/or "I Don't Gaze at the Sky for Long".

And if you're feeling really saucy, bark out those song titles during one of Peter Bjorn and John's many upcoming gigs with the Besnard Lakes and others. Butter and jelly will love you for it, I'm sure.

Peter Bjorn and John:

11-19 New York, NY - Joe's Pub

Peter Bjorn and John:

11-02 Manchester, England - Academy *$
11-03 Bristol, England - Anson Rooms *$
11-04 London, England - Forum *!
11-23 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live (also features PB&J DJ set) %
11-24 Dallas, TX - Palladium Loft %
11-25 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom %
11-26 Kansas City, MO - Madrid Theatre %
11-27 Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue %
11-29 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom %
11-30 Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall %
12-01 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre %
12-02 Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's %
12-03 Millvale, PA - Mr. Small's %
01-21 Montreal, Quebec - Club Soda
01-22 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix
01-24 Costa Mesa, CA - Samueli Theater #
01-26 Mexico City, Mexico - Salon 21

* with Maps
$ with Christian Silva
! with Those Dancing Days
% with the Besnard Lakes
# with Sea Wolf