BYOP's Latest Focuses on Driving Rhythms

San Diego CityBeat | March 26, 2008

While Be Your Own Pet's first album had enough guitar freak-outs and general strangeness to explain Thurston Moore's interest, Get Awkward strips down a lot of the art-rock frills and focuses on driving rhythms, hooks and Jemina Pearl's vocals.

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