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Be Your Own Emo? Heck no!

Phil | Oklahoma | 08/03/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Be Your Own Pet is a wonderfully raucous band from the bowels of the South. Apparently, some sour emos aren't too happy with the fact that they viciously insulted some very "talented" bands (who, in my opinion, deserved it). I must say, however, that despite the fact that Be Your Own Pet may sound "talentless" to some, I disagree. Be Your Own Pet, unfortunately for those who may have recently attended Warp Tour '06, does not sound like every other popular band in music today. Be Your Own Pet takes good old fashioned punk and amps it up with a few drops of teenage angst and some nice little riffs and shouts. Yes, their sound may not be a perfectly produced and polished one, but therein lies the fun, and that's what this band is all about: fun. Their lyrics, although good, are not rich and poetic. Bright Eyes this is not. The lyrics are fun and will click instantly with any (well, almost any) teenager, or most music fans in general who have a sense of fun and enjoy a little music which screams, literally, "F**k s**t up!"



The bottom line is this: this is not a band which you and your friends can play while you cry, cut yourselves and discuss how horrible and pointless life is. This is a band for those of us who love music, punk, life, being a teenager, and perhaps the stray party here and there. This is a band for today. This is the band that will chase away the screamo sissy pansies and clear the way for more real music to arrive."