Following their reunion last year, Be Your Own Pet have announced their first new album since 2008. It’s called Mommy and it’s out August 25 via Third Man. In addition to the previously shared single “Hand Grenade,” the album has “Worship the Whip,” which arrives with a Jordan William–directed video. Watch it below. Scroll down for the group’s upcoming tour dates.
In the album’s announcement, Jemina Pearl called the album “a reclamation” of herself. She also said this is the first time she brought full song ideas into the band’s writing process instead of fitting lyrics of her own in here and there. “‘Worship the Whip’ is about the right-wing authoritarian personality,” explained Pearl. “Aggressive and domineering to people who don’t think like them, while at heart being a submissive to the authority figures who use and abuse them.”
Revisit the interview “Be Your Own Pet Reunite for First Shows in 14 Years. Jemina Pearl Talks How It Happened and What’s Next.”
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Mommy:
01 Worship the Whip
02 Goodtime!
03 Erotomania
04 Bad Mood Rising
05 Never Again
06 Pleasure Seeker
07 Rubberist
08 Big Trouble
09 Hand Grenade
10 Drive
11 Teenage Heaven
Be Your Own Pet:
06-03 Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound
06-05 London, England – Third Man Records London
06-06 London, England – The Moth Club
06-07 London, England – The Moth Club
06-10 Madrid, Spain – Primavera Sound Madrid
09-16 Nashville, TN – Third Man Records Blue Room
10-18 Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506
10-19 Washington, D.C. – Union Stage
10-21 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere Hall
10-22 Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
10-23 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
10-24 Detroit, MI – Third Man Records
10-25 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
10-27 Milwaukee, WI – The Back Room at Colectivo
10-29 Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall
11-08 San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
11-09 Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom
11-11 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
11-12 Santa Cruz, CA – Moe’s Alley
11-14 Sacramento, CA – Harlow’s
11-16 Portland, OR – Star Theater
11-17 Seattle, WA – Neumos
11-18 Vancouver, British Columbia – The Pearl
