For their comeback, the punk rockers from Nashville put authoritarian characters on the couch.
Not only mature country comes from Nashville, but also fresh punk rock. In the noughties, the band Be Your Own Pet around singer Jemina Pearl was one of the most prominent drives in the local scene, but after only four years of existence, it initially broke up in 2008. Now she’s back. MOMMY is the name of the new album, Pearl is one of those now.
The eleven songs on it move between L7-style grunge, straight-forward punk rock and stoner rock, they sound rough, energetic and angry. Appropriately angry, one could say, because on the album Pearl deals with right-wing figures, whom she practically lays on the couch.
The opening track “Worship The Whip” sets the tone, in which Pearl describes how these characters appear authoritarian towards those who think differently, but are actually obedient to authority themselves. An intelligent and rousing album with some anthemic rock songs (“Never Again”, “Pleasure Seeker”) and a gentle romance bouncer at the end (“Teenage Heaven”).