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Be Your Own Pet has reunited and recorded Mommy, out Aug. 25, a nervy new album that's funkier, keener and more muscular than any of BYOP's previous work. Kirsten Barnett hide caption

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Be Your Own Pet's Jemina Pearl rages on

August 17, 2023 • In the mid-2000s, Be Your Own Pet's frenetic punk sneered at the trappings of adulthood. The group returns after a 15-year hiatus with Mommy, an album that builds on its oppositional beginnings.

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Be Your Own Pet: Teenage Abandon

June 1, 2008 • Be Your Own Pet's music has been described as punk, garage rock and just plain fun. It certainly hits all the right notes, with songs about zombies and food fights. But three songs on the band's second CD, Get Awkward, were deemed too violent for U.S. distribution by executives at its label.

Be Your Own Pet: Teenage Abandon

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