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Be Your Own Pet
Be Your Own Pet
XL Recordings
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written by James A
Feb 9, 2006.
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There is a long history of bands straddling the noise/art, style/substance divide. For every act that has done it well, see Primal Scream, Royal Trux, The Kills and Yeah Yeah Yeahs there is a pile of those that have imploded under the weight of fashionista expectations. Most know the story of this band by now, four kids from Nashville, Tennessee unable to gain entry to venues to see the bands that have influenced them. Lead singer Jemina Pearl sounds like Ms Ciconne if punk had been the in thing as opposed to disco growing up and looks like a fashion designers wet dream.
You can forgive any naïve concepts of cool because of their age but you get the impression they are a lot savvier than people will probably give them credit for. Two songs in, Bunk Trunk Skunk, and Jemina is signing about being an independent motherfucker and taking your virginity when legally hers should still be intact in most parts of the world. The full on lyrics are littered throughout the album on Stairway To Heaven when you are asked to share a bed with her, seduce her and kiss her, ahem, right there. There is no epic guitar solos or fear of a Rolf Harris cover of this track though.
The album starts off sprinting out of the traps and keeps up the frenetic pace across its whole, sounding, basically, like a US teen punk act should. Swearing, shouting vocals riddled with teenage angst and a confrontational style. The style of delivery won’t be to everyone’s taste, only on one track, October, First Account, is there anything like what the older generations would call singing. It isn’t all Jemina, though she is arguably the focal point. The guitars and drums are impressive for some so young, see Girls On TV for an example of the respective competencies of Jonas Stein and Jamin Orrall.
Be Your Own Pet could as easily disappear in a year as they could become one of this decades staple punk acts, one thing's for sure, you shouldn’t miss out on them. Releasing the shortest and arguably the weakest track as a single, Let’s Get Sandy (Big Problem), will do them no favours mind. You can look, listen, but not touch and, as they sing on We Will Vacation, You Can Be My Parasol, we need to give them our support.
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