AltWeeklies Wire
What Happens When a Label Deal Goes Right and the Band Breaks Up Anyway?new
Sometimes for bands, the stars align just right. Labels clamor for the artist. The terms of the deal are more than fair. Offers for maximum-exposure tours abound, and press is eerily pitch-perfect. And the whole thing goes to hell anyway.
Nashville Scene |
Tracy Moore |
06-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Be Your Own Pet, record labels
Be Your Own Pet Meets the Sophmore Cursenew
With Get Awkward, the band's songs are still bracing and efficient and singer Jemina Pearl is still an unhinged, full-throttle screamer who's unashamed to make a shouted "WHOOO!" part of a chorus.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
05-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Be Your Own Pet, get awkward
Be Your Own Pet Makes the Suits Nervousnew
Punk used to be dangerous. Now it's neutered and sanitized for our listening pleasure.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
05-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Be Your Own Pet Refuse to Grow Up and That's Goodnew
The group's second album sounds like a promise that even though she's no longer a teenager, we can still expect the Muppet-punk brattiness that animated the band's eponymous 2006 debut, which was known to blister paint at high volumes.
The Memphis Flyer |
Stephen Deusner |
04-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Be Your Own Pet, get awkward
Have Fun, F*ck Sh*t Upnew
Youth is not wasted on teen punks Be Your Own Pet.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott T. Sterling |
06-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Be Your Own Pet
