be your own PET

Surge Tracks

• Adventure
• Hillmont Avenue
• Take That Walk
• Fire Department

Artist Biography

be your own PET (often abbreviated to BYOP) are a four-piece post-punk group from Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

The teenage band consists of lead singer Jemina Pearl Abegg, the daughter of Christian artist/photographer Jimmy Abegg; guitarist Jonas Stein, the son of manager Burt Stein; Jamin Orrall (drums), the son of producer/songwriter Robert Ellis Orrall; and Nathan Vasquez (bass), the son of acclaimed latin jazz guitarist Rafael Vasquez. Vasquez replaced Jake Orrall, a founding member of BYOP, who left the band to spend a year in Iceland.

BYOP formed in 2003 in the basement of the Orrall home, which doubles as a home studio/rehearsal space for indie label Infinity Cat Recordings.

Their sound is basic, primal garage rock and are often compared to popular New York group Yeah Yeah Yeahs, partially for their style, featuring heavy rock guitars with abrasive vocals and erratic, angular rhythms, but more due to comparisons between Abegg and Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O, both of whom are women with a dynamic, non-traditional stage presence.

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Artist Discography

Albums

be your own PET (2006-03-27)

EPs

Damn Damn Leash (2006-08-06)

Singles

Damn Damn Leash (2005-03-14)
Extra Extra (2005)
Fire Department (2005-06-20)
Let's Get Sandy (2006-01-23)

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