Face Of Cheam

Be Your Own Pet will be influential in years to come. After just two albums they played their last show at Dingwalls in Camden on this Tuesday night in front of a sell out crowd of me and just under 500 people. They were excellent, with their final set having a good mix between the two albums and a surprise opening with the end piece of Fleetwood Mac’s The Chain. It is a real shame when a young band such as this split, having progressed so much since their debut album. Having seen them at Bush Hall three years ago they have gone from just making noise to actually writing great songs such as the violent ‘Black Hole’, a storming ‘Kelly Affair’ and the motown chic of teenage knifing in ‘Becky’. Jemina’s Uncle Steve flew over from America to be there and was dragged on stage towards the end. Their last song ‘Supersoaked’ saw a crowd invasion of the stage leaving no instruments left for any encores. Fantastic show and a great band. Shame there won’t be more to come. However I will look out for any future projects involving them with interest.

Set – The Chain (coda) / Fill My Pill / Black Hole / We Will Vacation / Fuuuuuun / Bummer Time / Zombie Graveyard Party / Blow Yr Mind / Becky / Wildcat! / The Kelly Affair / Food Fight / Pepparoni Ice Cream / With Uncle Steve / Damn Damn Leash / Supersoaked