Pete Yorn, who is supporting the Dixie Chicks on tour in Australia, makes a stop in Tucson Monday.

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It's taken Pete Yorn five years to tell fans about a day in his life.

The New Jersey-bred singer/songwriter and multi- instrumentalist made a stunning debut with 2001's "Musicforthemorningafter." He followed it up with 2003's "Day I Forgot" and three years later completed the morning-day-night trilogy with the August release of "Nightcrawler."

"I guess I find my biggest inspiration is just living my life and taking in everything that's going on around me," he said in a phone interview from a tour stop in Sydney, Australia.

"On this record I revisit familiar themes that fit nicely into relationships and love and breakups and divorce and jealousy and materialism and stuff like that. This time around I've seen a lot more of that through living my life, more so than I had since 1999 or 2000 when I started making my first record."

"Nightcrawler"aptly begins with the words "In the beginning" on the song "Vampyre," which starts with Yorn's sleepy voice over strumming guitar.

"It's one of my favorite songs I've ever worked on, and I wanted to open the record that way," he said. "Not only thematically does it set the tone and lyrically, but I wanted it to be really sparse. I just wanted my voice and the guitar, and it has that creepiness that goes with the imagery in 'Nightcrawler.' "

The album is Yorn's most experimental to date, making obsolete the Ryan Adams comparisons of old. Yorn worked with several producers to get the range of sounds on "Nightcrawler." There are acoustic singer/songwriter tunes, classic rock anthems (with Foo Fighter Dave Grohl handling the sticks on "For Us"), experimental synth ditties and a little bit of country thanks to the Dixie Chicks.

Yorn co-wrote the song "Baby Hold On" on the Chicks' last album, "Taking the Long Way," and they in turn provided voice and fiddle for Yorn's tune, "The Man." And while Yorn is currently supporting the Chicks on tour in Australia and will do so in America later this year, he'll be without them when he stops in Tucson Monday. His backing band MiniBar will open the show.

"On these headline shows I'll be covering material from all three of my studio records, as well as some rare tracks and cover songs," Yorn said. "I never make a set list, so every night is completely different. I like that kind of spontaneity; you feel the room and go with it."

That spontaneity plays into Yorn's life as well. There's no telling how experimental the rocker's next album will be. When asked about his future plans, he only had this to say: "I might go to the zoo today. Are we talking bigger picture? I have trouble committing to dinner plans myself."