Be Your Own Pet - Fire Department
[Rough Trade]

Caleb Followill (Kings Of Leon) endorsed teenage high jinx is delivered via raucous retro jams and defiant lyrics for a new generation by Nashville’s Be Your Own Pet. 70’s rock n roll guitar hooks and the rugged Katie Jane Garside and droplet of Patti Smith vocals of the temptress Jemina Pearl, give track 1 ‘Fire Department’ a scintillating mix of rhythm and rawness.

‘Take That Walk’ parades the carefree nature of Be Your Own Petvia a slow maudlin instrumental build up, before Jemina’s vocals kick in to display a touch of Bjork . The Hives chasing the Kings Of Leon and Raveonettes through a sewer feel to crunching final number; ‘Hillmont Avenue’ polishes off a frenetic and sprightly garage rock fuelled offering. This blasting quartet appears to be oblivious to pressures to mould their sound like plasticine and become more commercial, unlike many bands with a big weight of expectation placed upon them, long may this continue.