Be Your Own Pet Muzzled
As revealed in last month’s AU Cover Feature, Be Your Own Pet have had second album ‘Get Awkward’ censored for the US market. The band’s American label, Universal have confirmed the decision to remove three songs, ‘Becky’, ‘Black Hole’ and ‘Blow Yr Mind’ whose themes of bullying, murder and drug abuse were deemed too violent for US audiences. However, their UK label, XL, had no such qualms and has released the record as the Nashville quartet intended. Speaking of the decision and the role of record label lawyers, vocalist Jemina Pearl Abegg said: “I don’t even know who these people are. There’s no one you can try and talk to and argue your case.”
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