Be Your Own Pet
Blasting out of Nashville, TN, like a bottle rocket, the teenage garage-noise-pop band Be Your Own Pet makes music that's as frenzied as it is catchy. The band formed in 2003 out of the ashes of Night Shift Nurses, which was the project of drummer Jamin Orrall and his bassist brother Jeff. The pair practiced in their basement and also ran the label Infinity Cat; and eventually joined forces with guitarist Jonas Stein -- who was in another band on the label, Jimmy Cushman?, at the time -- and singer Jemina Pearl, a friend from Nashville School of the ...[more]
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Receive a FREE 7" when you purchase this album.Four friends (3 dudes, 1 femme) get together in Nashville basement and compare notes. Likes: caffeine, spicy food, T Rex, Television, bicycles, Iggy & the Stooges, skateboarding, Afri Rampo, sea horses, Velvet Underground, asthma inhalers, Animal Collective. Dislikes: boredom, posers, posers, boredom, flat tires, runny eggs, lameness, boredom. Actually boredom's pretty cool cuz then you can SMASH IT! Be Your Own Pet smash through it all. Jemina P [ read more ]
CD $10.99
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Order and receive a FREE poster. (while supplies last) Young Nashville, Tennessee garage rock quartet Be Your Own Pet return with their sophomore album, Get Awkward. The 15-track set showcases the distinctly big voice of frontwoman Jemina Pearl Abegg, who cuts easily through the thrashing accompaniment of guitarist Jonas Stein, bassist Nathan Vasquez and drummer John Eatherly. The follow-up to 2006's self-titled debut was produced by Redd Kross' Steve McDonald, who was also at [ read more ]
CD $9.49
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Nashville-based Be Your Own Pet's punk rockin', expletive-spewing kid wonders just graduated from their sophomore year of high school, and no member of BYOP is over 17. Bleach-blonde lead singer Jemina Pearl fends off the Debbie Harry comparisons with a stick; and guitarist Jonas Stein bashes out the chords like he's amping a crowd at CBGBs circa 1977. Look for BYOP to kick-start the new angry teen's rallying cry. This is an exclusive collection of the band's tracks.
7" $4.14
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The youngsters known as Be Your Own Pet are releasing a warm up EP to get us amped for their upcoming full-length album. The five-song EP, Summer Sensation, contains hot new tracks! Stream 'Fire Department' here: windows | quicktime | [ read more ]
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be your own PET are 4 teenagers from Nashville, Tennessee, and we're very pleased to be releasing their debut single, Damn Damn Leash through XL. Jemina, Jamin, Jonas and Nathan caused a sensation at last year's CMJ Festival in New York and as a result made it into the New York Times. From there, it was a short step to Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1 and John Kennedy on Xfm. Both have been playing their two minute masterpiece almost weekly since then.
CDEP $4.16
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