An Epimetheus Moment
The Be Your Own Pet album is fantastic. I don't find Jemina Pearl to be as important to this record as the majority population I think, but pontificating about her is obviously nearly impossible considering how overtly in your face and thrust to the forefront she is. I think for both detractors and boosters her lyrics were a big deal in terms how the album was recieved, like people who really liked this were celebrating the whole "I'm here to steal your virginity!!!!!!!!!!!" thing while people who didn't just brushed the lyrics off as immature and nonsensical, etc. Thing is, I would hardly say that the lyrics are necessary to even remotely grasp what BYOP, or even Pearl, wants you to grasp, things like brattiness, punkiness, snotiness, spontaneity, etc., which are all things that I think are better conveyed with the screaming and frothing and thrashing.
And I don't want to downgrade what Pearl means to this band, she's clearly the heart, soul, vital organs and circulatory system here— or at least embodies what BYOP would want those to be— but I can't shake the fact that I still find the buzzsaw guitar work here more important to both the BYOP aesthetic and the quality of the album. Which again isn't to say that Pearl doesn't seperate BYOP from probably nine-hundred other young punk bands, but the constant barrage of guitar hooks on this album is truly staggering. And, while Pearl is the number one reason to see these guys llive, it's her bandmates that truly make the album.
Labels: byop, greek mythology
posted by Jordan @ 10:00 AM
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I love punk..
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