" But three
Get Awkward tunes were removed from the album's U.S. version at the last minute, having been
deemed too violent by
Universal Records. (Universal releases Be Your Own Pet's albums through a deal with the band's U.S. label,
Ecstatic Peace.)
"Blow Yr Mind", "Black Hole", and "Becky" all appear on the international version of
Get Awkward, released by
XL Recordings.
Yes, Universal, an imprint of the
Universal Music Group, home to such family-friendly artists as Eminem, 50 Cent, Marilyn Manson, and (formerly) Nine Inch Nails, thinks these songs are too violent to be heard by American audiences. Yes, this is the same company that once put out records by a band that calls itself ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead. However, none of those acts features an
adorable, barely post-teenage blonde girl as a frontwoman, as Be Your Own Pet do."
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