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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.
- Record Label: XL / Ecstatic Peace
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 20 out of 24
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Mixed: 4 out of 24
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Negative: 0 out of 24
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A blur of shouted vocals, tribal drums and scattershot riffs.
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Even at its most ominous, though, the album never loses its verve or vitality. It's just one quick hit after another, a succession of aural whippets that last long after the record's over.
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UncutIt's an album, like most teenagers, that is sometimes awkward and exhausting, but also joyous, un-jaded, and bursting at the seams with promise. [Apr 2006, p.114]
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BYOP’s debut cascades on itself. Its compulsive, one-sitting punk is delivered with absolute self-conviction.
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Even though Be Your Own Pet were more consistent, or maybe just easier to keep up with, on their EPs, there's still plenty of hyperactive fun (or rather, fuuuuuun) to be found here.
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SpinPearl may have studied Karen O's textbook, but when her bandmates rev up a proper garage-rock racket, she dives in like she was born with her own irresistible rock-star sneer. [Jul 2006, p.82]
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The concept is fun, and sometimes they strike pop gold... But the underlying premise, which is that this racket is some badge of teenage authenticity, is self-limiting.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 16
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Mixed: 4 out of 16
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Negative: 4 out of 16
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JohnESep 10, 2007
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LouiseBJun 24, 2006
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BarryWAug 28, 2006a real adrenaline rush, superb album
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MattD.Jun 20, 2006
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DecepticonPomSep 9, 2006Too short, too fast - just like the longevity of this album.
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gabyJun 12, 2006
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MitchellSAug 6, 2006Worst album (of over 50) I've heard this year.
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