Alright. I didn’t want it to come down to this. I tried to be nice about the fact that I didn’t much like the Be Your Own Pet album that Universal sent to us. I tried not to be too annoyed by the constant references Jemina Pearl makes lyrically to, well, whatever movie she watched the night before. I even did my best to find a decent reason to not trash their new album in print, right?
But no. I just can’t let this shit go by unnoticed. In an interview given to Pitchfork earlier this week, Jemina Pearl actually got a little upset when the journalist pointed out that the band would be playing this years Warped Tour… and it kinda makes sense. Seriously, this conversation took place:
Pitchfork: Are you guys psyched to play the Warped Tour? It seemed like a weird partnership at first, but it’s kind of perfect for you guys.
JP: No! Oh my God, you’re going to make me kill myself! Warped is perfect for us?
Pitchfork: I mean, in the end, it’s just about having fun and being a teenager, right?
JP: Yeah, I guess. I just associate it with a certain look and a certain style and the kind of kids at school that I thought were– this is really bad, I’m sure– the kind of kids that were dumbasses wearing Rancid t-shirts who thought they knew what punk rock was and threw things at people in the cafeteria.
Uhhhh… I can’t even believe that really happened. Seriously. No, fucking really. Who the hell did you think was gonna buy your albums? Serious fans of experimental post-rock? Way to go, bitch about your core audience while acting like one of them in public all of the time.
Exhibit A (i.e. Don’t bitch about food fights when you kinda glorify them.):
Exhibit B:
from the aforementioned Pitchfork interview:
Jemina Pearl: “We just do the things we like to do– like set things on fire. That’s what we did last night. We set a box on fire on the steps of the venue. It was really fun. We had a bus call at four in the morning, and we were really bored. We didn’t have anything to do, so we set stuff on fire.”
I rest my case.
Jemina? You are the audience you’ll be playing to at the Warped tour. Get over yourself, and you may wanna get a new PR agent that keeps your feet out of your mouth in interviews.
Tinyfolk | 13-Jun-08 at 10:30 pm | Permalink
I totally agree, but it’s also totally weird because she’s friends with kids I know.
Jeffrey Howard | 18-Jun-08 at 9:34 am | Permalink
The weird thing about this band is the songs aren’t very good. They would be memorable if the songs were as good as their energy. However, Cheap Time, does this (good songs and energy) but I don’t think Jemina is sticking with that band, She’s in the wrong band.
sarah | 01-Jul-08 at 3:30 pm | Permalink
they are not bitching about food fights, the lyrics are “sucks for the janitor/fight on,” in the song they like food fights
in another interview they mention an interest in being reckless and idealizing teenagers
no need to freak just because you like rancid or wear vans
Marc | 02-Jul-08 at 1:17 pm | Permalink
Ah, Sarah. Where to begin?
I know they like food fights. That’s why Jemina’s “the kind of kids that were dumbasses wearing Rancid t-shirts who thought they knew what punk rock was and threw things at people in the cafeteria” comment threw me for a loop.
Secondly. I don’t like Rancid. I don’t wear Vans. There isn’t an amount of money in the world that would get me to go to the Warped tour.
Thirdly. I don’t like Be Your Own Pet very much, but I dislike hypocrites even moreso. If I get the chance to point out that the two have mixed, I’m gonna report it.
Fourthly. If you don’t like it, please feel free to start your own blog and complain about me. Until then, try taking a look around our site before you decide that our writers are the Warped tour set… you are just wrong, wrong, wrong.
Xela | 25-Jul-08 at 10:24 pm | Permalink
Marc, your lame.
Marc | 26-Jul-08 at 3:40 am | Permalink
Well, I guess you told me.