Break
When we first heard about Jemina Pearl’s solo debut our fevered sniveling over the traumatic breakup of Be Your Own Pet was quelled – at least for a moment. Would the ferocious frontwoman bring the goods without her shredding sidekicks – would the songs maintain their high-flying heroics with the loss of the loose ends? By all means, by all standards, indubitably faithful friends. But this isn’t the Jemina Pearl we’re all familiar with – instead of the stabbing, shrieking siren of olde, this horrifying hellion has herself transformed into a songwriting starlet, with pop hooks, loud-quiet-loud choruses, and Shangri-La’s inspired harmonies replacing all the punk pulverization. While this might be a big change, and one might understand how it could turn off the purists (fuck ‘em), the song remains the same – cocaine, easy girls, heartbreak, cheeseburgers, confusion, tears, youth in general – these are the subjects of Pearl’s tunes, no less childishly awesome than anything BYOP did before, only instead of being dumped in the same pile as a wonderful mish-mash of guitar rock, here comes a perfected pop-punk squall, wiry guitars mixing with Pearl’s ever-engaging voice. Here’s an album that’s not only sure to grow on its listeners but undoubtedly announces an artist with a long road ahead of her full of excellent albums. Definitely check it out.
Posted: November 2nd, 2009
Categories: be your own pet, break it up, jemina pearl, shangri la
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Categories: be your own pet, break it up, jemina pearl, shangri la
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