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I Stole Your Animal

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Who needs School of Rock? These New York City seventh graders are well on their way to success with this debut release, and they don't have to play a bunch of crappy covers to do it! Reminiscent of The Donnas in their formative years (as The Electrocutes) and clearly influenced by radio-worthy hits such as Paramore's "Misery Business" and "Crushcrushcrush," there's a lot to like here. The song themes are age appropriate and somewhat expected - "Five-Minute Boyfriend" and "Met You on Myspace," for example - but you don't have to be in junior high to enjoy this. My only real "complaint" is the repetitive song and lyric structure. With a little guidance, Care Bears On Fire could really refine their material. They've clearly got some adult support behind them - the recording is certainly no "walkman in the basement" variety - so hopefully they'll get that guidance and we'll get a killer new record before these kids are freshmen in high school.

If you dig the Ramones, Patti Smith, and all things punk, you'll love these tween rockers from Brooklyn NY. Great pop hooks, punk 'tude, and loud everything! The middle-school spin on adolescent angst, as in "5 Minute Boyfriend" and "Met You on Myspace" set these guys apart from their aging hipster cohorts. Get this now, before CBOF either sell out big time or burn out and fade away under too much homework...

This has become rather rare. This is the prequel to 'Get Over It'. It also contains an earlier recording of 'Everybody Else.' Pick it up before it disappears.