Fire Department - Be Your Own Pet Single Review

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Single Review

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 Pet, via 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.

David Adair