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75 out of 100

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7.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 26 Ratings

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  • Summary: This self-titled release is the full-length (well, 33-minute) debut for the teen garage-rockers from Nashville fronted by the Karen O-esque Jemina Pearl.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. E! Online
    100
    A blur of shouted vocals, tribal drums and scattershot riffs.
  2. Village Voice (Consumer Guide)
    91
    Mouthy, destructive, confused, sexed-up but no sex object, Jemima Pearl is the pearl.
  3. Alternative Press
    60
    For the most part, the band's jagged guitars and bludgeoning backbeats play by the punk rulebook. [Jul 2006, p.186]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 16
  3. Negative: 4 out of 16
  1. JohnE
    10
    I'm 45 yrz old ha! and I LOVE Be Yr Own Pet!!!! They've got a million times more personality, humor, energy and charm...Bunk Skunk Trunk and Bog are the two best punk songz I've heard since 1977! I mean come on, all those boymallpunk bandz sound freakin' TAME in comparison (boring, too).… Expand
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  2. DecepticonPom
    4
    Too short, too fast - just like the longevity of this album.
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  3. gaby
    3
    kids, kids, kids, no substance, one big song, not originale, + i hate when bands stop in the middle of a show over and over to talk to each other and start over songs it anoying. one song thought cat something was good but they did it twice (don't push it ) gaby… Expand
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